Iron overload in the peritoneal cavity of women with pelvic endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 712-718

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hemosiderin; Human; Iron; Mesothelium; Peritoneal endometriosis; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROCYANIDES; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; PERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036787873     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03346-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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