NT, NPY and PGP 9.5 presence in myomeytrium and in fibroid pseudocapsule and their possible impact on muscular physiology

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Malvasi, Antonio ^a   Cavallotti, Carlo ^b   Nicolardi, Giuseppe ^c   Pellegrino, Marcello ^d   Dell'Edera, Domenico ^e   Vergara, Daniele ^c   Greco, Marilena ^d   Kumakiri, Jun ^f   Tinelli, Andrea ^d  

^a Santa Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibroids, pseudocapsule; Muscle injuries and repair; Myomectomy; Neurovascular bundle; Reproduction; Uterine myoma; Uterine scar

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; SERUM AMYLOID P;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FIBROID PSEUDOCAPSULE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYOMECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERINE PERISTALSIS; UTERUS MYOMA; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MYOMECTOMY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871489299     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2012.709682     Document Type: Article

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