Pathogenesis of endometriosis - Current research

Human Fertility

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Witz, Craig A ^a   Allsup, Karen T ^a   Montoya Rodriguez, Irish A ^a   Vaughan, Shelby L ^a   Centonze, Victoria E ^b   Schenken, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; INTEGRIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STROMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD44; CELL ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MENSTRUATION; PERITONEUM; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0038417002     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464770312331368973     Document Type: Review

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