Sensory nerve endings and endometriotic implants

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1847-

  Fraser, Ian Stewart ^a   Tokushige, Natsuko ^a   Markham, Robert ^a   Russell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ENDOMETRIOSIS; LETTER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44449140487     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.007     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Mechsner S., Schwarz J., Thode J., Loddenkemper C., Salomon D., and Ebert A. Growth-associated protein 43-positive sensory nerve fibers accompanied by immature vessels are located in or near peritoneal endometriotic lesions. Fertil Steril 88 (2007) 581-587
2. Tokushige N., Markham R., Russell P., and Fraser I.S. Nerve fibres in peritoneal endometriosis. Hum Reprod 21 (2006) 3001-3007