Uterine rudiments in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome consist of typical uterine tissue types with predominantly basalis-like endometrium

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1392-1399

  Rall, Katharina ^a   Barresi, Gianmaria ^a   Wallwiener, Diethelm ^a   Brucker, Sara Y ^a   Staebler, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

histology; immunohistochemistry; MRKH syndrome; uterine rudiment; Uterovaginal aplasia

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; STROMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS BIOPSY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULLERIAN DUCTS; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SOMITES; SPINE; UTERUS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875696005     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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