Interleukin-8 concentrations are elevated in peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 929-932

  Ryan, I P ^a   Tseng, J F ^a   Schriock, E D ^a   Khorram, O ^a   Landers, D V ^a   Taylor, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; Endometriosis; IL 8; peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0028947608     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57506-2     Document Type: Article

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