Endometriosis associated with defective handling of apoptotic cells in the female genital tract is a major cause of autoimmune disease in women

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 945-949

  Seery, John P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32144460193     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.032     Document Type: Article

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