Activity of eosinophils and immunoglobulin E concentration in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 590-594

  Eidukaite, Androne ^a   Tamosiunas, Vytas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

CD69 molecules; Endometriosis; Eosinophils; Immunoglobulin E; Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 3242784953     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.102     Document Type: Article

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