The management of fibroids based on immunohistochemical studies of their pseudocapsules

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1241-1247

  Tinelli, Andrea ^a   Malvasi, Antonio ^b   Cavallotti, Carlo ^c   Dell'Edera, Domenico ^d   Tsin, Daniel Alberto ^e   Stark, Michael ^f,g   Mettler, Liselotte ^h  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f New European Surgical Academy NESA   (Germany)

^g USP Hospital   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; Fibroid; Hysterectomy; Intraoperative complications; Laparoscopic myomectomy; Myoma pseudocapsule; Surgical outcome; Transmission electron microscopy; Uterine myoma; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; MYOMECTOMY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DEGENERATION; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; LAMININ; LAPAROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80054710517     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2011.616196     Document Type: Article

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