Interleukin-6 and soluble Interleukin-6 receptor in peritoneal fluid and serum of patients with endometriosis

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-14

  Schroder W ^a,c   Gaetje, R ^a,b   Baumann, R ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 6 in endometriosis; Soluble interleukin 6 receptor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PERITONEAL FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCITIC FLUID; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN;

EID: 0029875731     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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