Peritoneal fluid concentrations of interleukin-17 correlate with the severity of endometriosis and infertility of this disorder

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1153-1155

  Zhang, Xinmei ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Lin, Jun ^a   Qian, Yuli ^a   Deng, Lin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASCITES FLUID; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-17; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 24344499854     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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