Adenomyosis and endometriosis have a common origin

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Benagiano, Giuseppe ^a,c   Brosens, Ivo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; deep placentation; endometriosis; junctional zone myometrium

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADENOMYOMA; ADENOMYOSIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIOPERITONITIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 79959450912     PISSN: 09719202     EISSN: 09756434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13224-011-0030-y     Document Type: Review

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