Decreased levels of the potent regulator of monocyte/macrophage activation, interleukin-13, in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1307-1310

  McLaren, J ^a,c   Dealtry, G ^b   Prentice, A ^a   Charnock Jones, D S ^a   Smith, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; IL 10; IL 13; Interleukins; Macrophages; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM CELL;

EID: 0030916491     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1307     Document Type: Article

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