Apoptosis in endometriosis

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-223

  Agic, Admir ^a   Djalali, Schima ^a   Diedrich, Klaus ^a   Hornung, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endometriosis; Endometrium

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; PERITONEUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 69549095657     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235871     Document Type: Review

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