IDENTIFICATION OF DISPLACED ENDOMETRIAL GLANDS AND EMBRYONIC DUCT REMNANTS IN FEMALE FOETAL REPRODUCTIVE TRACT: POSSIBLE PATHOGENETIC ROLE IN ENDOMETRIOTIC AND PELVIC NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES
Background: Recent findings strongly promoted the hypothesis that common pelvic gynaecological diseases including endometriosis and ovarian neoplasia may develop de novo from ectopic endometrial-like glands and/or embryonic epithelial remnants. To verify the frequency, the anatomical localization an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Physiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00444/full |