Differential expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrial polyps and adjacent endometrium in postmenopausal women

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-67

  de Carvalho, Soraia ^a   Campaner, Adriana Bittencourt ^a   Lima, Sônia Maria Rolim Rosa ^a   Silva, Maria Antonieta Longo Galvão ^a   Ribeiro, Paulo Augusto Ayroza ^a  

^a Assistant Prof Internal Medicine Dept Santa Casa School of Medicine and Hospitals of São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometrial polyps; Hormone receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL;

AGED; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 79955572413     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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