Peritoneal fluid cytokines and the relationship with endometriosis and pain

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 380-386

  Overton, Caroline ^a,b   Fernandez Shaw, Sylvia ^a   Hicks, Bev ^a   Barlow, David ^a   Starkey, Phyllis ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Polaris House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriosis; Infertility; Pain; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM ADHESION;

EID: 0029935345     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/11.2.380     Document Type: Article

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