Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentrations are elevated in peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 220-223

  McLaren, J ^a   Prentice, A ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; ELISA; Endometriosis; Human peritoneal fluid; VEGF

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL FLUID;

EID: 0030058194     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019023     Document Type: Article

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