Cytokine profiles in serum and peritoneal fluid from infertile women with and without endometriosis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-495

  Kalu, Emmanuel ^a   Sumar, Nazira ^a   Giannopoulos, Theodoros ^a   Patel, Pinika ^a   Croucher, Carolyn ^a   Sherriff, Elizabeth ^a   Bansal, Amolak ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriosis; Infertility; Peritoneal fluid; Serum

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM;

ASCITIC FLUID; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFERTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34547677607     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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