The Mesothelium, Teflon or Velcro? Mesothelium in endometriosis pathogenesis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 605-607

  Dunselman, Gerard A J ^a,b   Groothuis, Patrick G ^a,b   De Goeij, Anton F P M ^a,b   Evers, Johannes L H ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Endometriosis; Menstrual endometrium; Mesothelium; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

AMNION; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; EFFLUENT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MESOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0035075950     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.4.605     Document Type: Review

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