Stem cells: Are they the answer to the puzzling etiology of endometriosis?

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-29

  Oliveira, Flávia R ^a   Cruz, Cynthia Dela ^a   del Puerto, Helen Lima ^a   Vilamil, Quésia T M F ^a   Reis, Fernando M ^a   Camargos, Aroldo F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Endometrium; Etiology; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE POPULATION CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SIDE-POPULATION CELLS;

EID: 82755196326     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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