Leptin concentrations in the peritoneal fluid of women with ovarian endometriosis are different according to the presence of a 'deep' or 'superficial' ovarian disease

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 610-615

  Alviggi, Carlo ^a   Clarizia, Roberto ^a   Castaldo, Gennaro ^a   Matarese, Giuseppe ^a   Colucci, Camillo C ^a   Conforti, Salvatore ^a   Pagano, Tiziana ^a   Revelli, Alberto ^b   De Placido, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Leptin; Ovary

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCITIC FLUID; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350625417     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590903015577     Document Type: Article

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