Nerve fibers are absent in disease-free and eutopic endometrium, but present in endometriotic (especially deep) lesions

Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 68-76

  Donnez, Olivier ^a   Soares, Michelle ^a   Defrère, Sylvie ^a   Van Kerk, Olivier ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a   Colette, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep infiltrating endometriosis; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; INHIBIN A; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM ABLATION; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA;

EID: 84879892024     PISSN: 22840265     EISSN: 22840273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/je.5000155     Document Type: Article

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