L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1CAM) as a pathogenetic factor in endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1053-1062

  Finas, D ^a   Huszar, M ^b   Agic, A ^a   Dogan, S ^a   Kiefel, H ^c   Riedle, S ^c   Gast, D ^c   Marcovich, R ^b   Noack, F ^a   Altevogt, P ^c   Fogel, M ^b   Hornung, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical endometriosis; Endometriosis; Immunohistochemistry; L1CAM; Quantitative RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHICKEN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

EID: 44449161977     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den044     Document Type: Article

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