Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in the anal canal of women according to age and menopause

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1687-1691

  Parés, David ^a,b   Iglesias, Mar ^a   Pera, Miguel ^a   Pascual, Marta ^a   Torner, Ariadna ^a   Baró, Teresa ^a   Alonso, Sandra ^a   Grande, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Fecal incontinence; Hormone receptors; Menopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMORRHOID; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78651476930     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181f05422     Document Type: Article

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