Fertility and Sterility
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 712-716 , October 2001

Immunohistochemical analysis of the role of angiogenic status in the vasculature of peritoneal endometriosis

  • Sachiko Matsuzaki, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
    • Department of Gynecology, Polyclinique de l’Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sachiko Matsuzaki, M.D., Department of Gynecology, Polyclinique de l’Hotel-Dieu, 13, boulevard Charles-De-Gaulle, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France. (FAX: 33-4-73-93-17-06)
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  • Michel Canis, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Polyclinique de l’Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Takashi Murakami, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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  • Pierre Dechelotte, M.D., Ph.D.,

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Polyclinique de l’Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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  • Maurice A Bruhat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Polyclinique de l’Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    • ,
  • Kunihiro Okamura, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Received 12 February 2001 ,Revised 19 April 2001 ,Accepted 19 April 2001.

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Fertility and Sterility
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