Aberrant immunoreactivity of deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferases in adenomyosis

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-108

  Liu, Xishi ^a   Guo, Sun Wei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adenomyosis; Deoxyribonucleic acid methyltransferases; Dysmenorrhea, severity; Epigenetics; Immunohistochemistry; Menorrhagia

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ADENOMYOSIS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866733710     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337718     Document Type: Article

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