Is neonatal uterine bleeding involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis as a source of stem cells?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 622-623

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Benagiano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; HEMOSIDERIN; MUCIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIRTH; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MATURITY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NOTE; OCCULT BLOOD; OVARY FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 84883452425     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.046     Document Type: Editorial

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