Differences in primary compared with secondary vestibulodynia by immunohistochemistry

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1307-1313

  Leclair, Catherine M ^a   Goetsch, Martha F ^a   Korcheva, Veselina B ^a   Anderson, Ross ^a   Peters, Dawn ^a   Morgan, Terry K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HEMATOXYLIN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; NERVE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE SECTION; VULVODYNIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULVA; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 79958110922     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821c33dc     Document Type: Article

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