Relaxin and gonadal steroid receptors in uterosacral ligaments of women with and without pelvic organ prolapse

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-500

  Dietrich, Wolf ^a,c   Elenskaia, Ksenia ^a   Obermayr, Eva ^a   Horvat, Reinhard ^b   Mayerhofer, Klaus ^a   Umek, Wolfgang ^a   Zeillinger, Robert ^a   Hanzal, Engelbert ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Karl Landsteiner Institute of Gynecological Surgery and Oncology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Pelvic organ prolapse; Progesterone receptor; Relaxin receptor; Uterosacral ligament

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RELAXIN RECEPTOR; RELAXIN RECEPTOR 1; RELAXIN RECEPTOR 2; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT;

EID: 84863109815     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1615-9     Document Type: Article

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