The effect of estradiol on the production and secretion of complement component 3 by the rat uterus and surgically induced endometriotic tissue

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 395-402

  Isaacson, K B ^a   Xu, Q ^a   Lyttle, C R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERUS;

EID: 0026022076     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54135-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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