Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 5 , Pages 979-984 , November 2002

Coordinated regulation of HOX gene expression in myometrium and uterine leiomyoma

  • Dilek Cermik, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Aydin Arici, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Hugh S Taylor, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 2008063, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 06520 (FAX: 203-785-7134)
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Received 12 October 2001 ,Revised 5 April 2002 ,Accepted 5 April 2002.

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☆ Supported by National Institutes of Health grant HD 3667.

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Fertility and Sterility
Volume 78, Issue 5 , Pages 979-984 , November 2002

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