Establishment of a rat model for uterine leiomyomas based on Western and traditional Chinese medicine theories

Uterine leiomyomas (ULs) are benign monoclonal tumors that arise from the underlying myometrial tissue in the uterus. Effective therapies are still lacking because of poor understanding of the pathophysiology and epidemiology. Hence, it is urgent to establish efficient animal models to screen novel...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhao, Yao Li, QiuXia Xu, Fu Peng, JinShuang Zhao, R. Clinton Webb, Cheng Peng, ChengHao Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2018-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018000900603&lng=en&tlng=en