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Differential expression of selected gene products in uterine leiomyomata and adenomyosis.

Levy M, Mittal K, Chiriboga L, Zhang X, Yee H, Wei JJ

Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.

Gene products estrogen receptor alpha, progesterone receptor-A, retinoid X receptor alpha, insulin-like growth factor-II, insulin-like growth factor I receptor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, epithelial growth factor receptor, and BCL-2 were examined by immunohistochemistry with the aid of a tissue microarray from 46 hysterectomies with adenomyosis and leiomyomata. With appropriate internal controls, there were significant differences in gene expression between adenomyosis and leiomyomata.

Published 6 July 2007 in Fertil Steril, 88(1): 220-3.
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