Peritoneal fluid concentrations of the cytokine RANTES correlate with the severity of endometriosis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1545-1549

  Khorram, Omid ^a   Taylor, Robert N ^a   Ryan, Isabelle P ^a   Schall, Thomas J ^b   Landers, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; Endometriosis; inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOKINES; RANTES;

EID: 0027137062     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90433-J     Document Type: Article

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