Evaluation of the effect of pentoxifylline on white blood cell count in serum and peritoneal fluid in female rats with endometriosis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Mohammadzadeh, Afsaneh ^a,d   Heidari, Mahnaz ^a   Soltanghoraee, Haleh ^a   Jeddi Tehrani, Mahmood ^a   Ghaffari Novin, Marefat ^a   Akhondi, Mahammad Mahdi A ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^b   Mohammadzadeh, Farzaneh ^c  

^a Avesina Research Institute   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Avesina Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor alpha drugs; Endometriosis; Female rat; Infertility; Pentoxifylline; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 45149129908     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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