Lymphatic vessels in peritoneal endometriotic lesions

Journal of Endometriosis

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-66

  Hey Cunningham, Alison J ^a   Berbic, Marina ^a   Ng, Cecilia H M ^a   Markham, Robert ^a   Fraser, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometriotic stroma; Lymphatic vessels; Peritoneal endometriotic lesion; Peritoneum

Indexed keywords

PODOPLANIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHATIC MICROVESSEL DENSITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PERITONEUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA;

EID: 79960864177     PISSN: 20359969     EISSN: 2036282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JE.2011.8522     Document Type: Article

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