A look at uterine wound healing through a histopathological study of uterine scars

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-473

  Roeder, Hilary A ^a   Cramer, Stewart F ^b   Leppert, Phyllis C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elastosis; myofiber disarray; myometrial hyperplasia; uterine fibroid and keloid; uterine wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMETRIUM; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; UTERUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; UTERUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84860469258     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111426603     Document Type: Article

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