Immunohistochemistrical and clinicopathological characterization of chronic endometritis

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 410-415

  Kitaya, Kotaro ^a,b   Yasuo, Tadahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic endometritis; Endometrial dating; Endometrial stromal plasmacytes; Menstrual disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; SYNDECAN-1;

EID: 80054046692     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2011.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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