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Protein expression profiling of endometriosis: validation of 2-mm tissue microarrays.

Kamat AA, Younes PS, Sayeeduddin M, Wheeler TM, Simpson JL, Agoulnik AI

Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. akamat@bcm.tmc.edu

Tissue microarrays (TMAs) are useful tools for studying protein expression in endometriosis. Tissue microarray analyses of immunohistochemical profiles of estrogen receptor-alpha and P receptor corroborate previously published results from the use of conventional immunohistochemistry, thus validating TMA use in endometriosis.

Published 13 December 2004 in Fertil Steril, 82(6): 1681-3.
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