The pattern of cytokine mRNA expression in ovarian endometriomata

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Odukoya, O A ^a   Ajjan, R ^b   Lim, K ^a   Watson, P F ^b   Weetman, A P ^b   Cooke, I D ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriomata; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYST; OVARY DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031133268     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.5.393     Document Type: Article

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