Experimental endometriosis in the rat is correlated with colonic motor function alterations but not with bacterial load

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 815-824

  Appleyard, Caroline B ^a   Cruz, Myrella L ^a   Rivera, Edelmarie ^a   Hernández, Gerardo A ^a   Flores, Idhaliz ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Animal model; Colonic inflammation; Endometriosis; Gastrointestinal symptoms; Motility

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLITIS; COLON INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOMETRITIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 39049153926     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107309722     Document Type: Article

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