Pathogenesis of endometriosis: Natural immunity dysfunction or autoimmune disease?

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Matarese, Giuseppe ^a   De Placido, Giuseppe ^a   Nikas, Yorgos ^b   Alviggi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE;

ABORTION; ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW;

EID: 0038171268     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(03)00051-0     Document Type: Review

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