A new concept of endometriosis and adenomyosis: Tissue injury and repair (TIAR)

Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Leyendecker, Gerhard ^a   Wildt, Ludwig ^b  

^a Kinderwunschzentrum (Fertility Center) Darmstadt   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

adenomyosis; chronic inflammation; endometrial estrogen; endometriosis; tissue injury and repair

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1;

ADENOMYOSIS; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE FIBER; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

EID: 84925516084     PISSN: 18681883     EISSN: 18681891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HMBCI.2011.002     Document Type: Article

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