Interleukin-12 but not interleukin-18 is associated with severe endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-324

  Fairbanks, Flávia ^a   Abrão, Mauricio S ^a   Podgaec, Sergio ^a   Dias Jr , João Antonio ^a   de Oliveira, Ricardo M ^a   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; immunology; interleukin 12; interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH1 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; LAPAROSCOPY; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UP-REGULATION; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249089337     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.060     Document Type: Article

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