Immune effects of surgical menopause and estrogen replacement therapy in peri-menopausal women

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Kumru, Selahattin ^a   Godekmerdan, Ahmet ^a   Yilmaz, Bayram ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Estrogen replacement therapy; IFN ; IL 4; Lymphocyte; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MENOPAUSE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTES; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMA; PERIMENOPAUSE;

EID: 3342879208     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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