Embryologic origin of endometriosis: Analysis of 101 human female fetuses

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1653-1656

  Signorile, Pietro G ^a   Baldi, Feliciano ^b   Bussani, Rossana ^c   Viceconte, Rosa ^a   Bulzomi, Pamela ^a   D'Armiento, Mariarosaria ^d   D'Avino, Alfredo ^b   Baldi, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a Fondazione Italiana Endometriosi   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; UTERUS CAVITY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEPRILYSIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84855720012     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22888     Document Type: Article

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