Expression of serum human leukocyte antigen and growth factor levels in a Greek family with familial endometriosis

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-121

  Matalliotakis, Ioannis M ^a   Goumenou, Anastasia G ^a   Koumantakis, George E ^a   Athanassakis, Irene ^a   Dionyssopoulou, Eva ^a   Neonaki, Maria A ^a   Vassiliadis, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circulating antigens; EGF Rc; Familial endometriosis; Soluble HLA class I; Soluble HLA class II; VEGF

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; GREECE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0037312666     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(02)00261-7     Document Type: Article

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