Pathogenesis of endometriosis: The role of defective 'immunosurveillance'

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-202

  Christodoulakos, George ^a   Augoulea, Areti ^a   Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^a,b   Sioulas, Vasilios ^a   Creatsas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Immunosurveillance; Infertility; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; HORMONE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL ADHESION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 34548297164     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701387266     Document Type: Article

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