The peritoneal environment in endometriosis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-398

  Oral, Engin ^a   Olive, David L ^a   Arici, Aydin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriosis; Macrophage; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; MESOTHELIUM CELL; OOCYTE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; CYTOKINES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSTAGLANDINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0030455604     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.5.385     Document Type: Review

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