Higher activity by opaque endometriotic lesions than nonopaque lesions

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-382

  Khan, Khaleque Newaz ^a   Masuzaki, Hideaki ^a   Fujishita, Akira ^a   Kitajima, Michio ^a   Sekine, Ichiro ^a   Ishimaru, Tadayuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Nonopaque red lesion; Opaque red lesion; Peritoneal fluid; Tissue activity

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 1642505475     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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