The defense against endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-353

  Evers, J L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; Endometriosis; menstrual seeding; peritoneal defense; reflux implantation

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MENSTRUATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030459995     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58499-4     Document Type: Editorial

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