The prevalence of spontaneous endometriosis in the baboon (Papio anubis, Papio cynocephalus) increases with the duration of captivity

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-101

  D'Hooghe, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Bambra, Charanjit S ^a   De Jonge, Inge ^b   Lauweryns, Johan M ^b   Koninckx, Philippe R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Captivity; Endometriosis; Evolution; Wild

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABOON; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STRESS;

EID: 0029865835     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033298     Document Type: Article

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