Potential involvement of hemoglobin and heme in the pathogenesis of peritoneal endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 561-570

  Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   Casanas Roux, Françoise ^a   Dolmans, Marie Madeleine ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Heme; Heme oxygenase; Hemoglobin; Human; Mesothelium; Peritoneal endometriosis; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036182512     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)03211-3     Document Type: Article

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