The role of the oxidative-stress in the endometriosis-related infertility

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Augoulea, Areti ^a,b   Mastorakos, George ^a   Lambrinoudaki, Irene ^a   Christodoulakos, George ^a   Creatsas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endometriosis; Growth factors; Immune system; Infertility; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 67249149808     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590802485012     Document Type: Review

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