Biomarkers of endometriosis

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 741-752

  Othman, Essam El Din R ^a   Hornung, Daniela ^b   Al Hendy, Ayman ^c  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endometriosis; Markers; Non surgical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR1; CYTOCHROME P450; DANAZOL; ENDOMETRIUM ANTIBODY; GESTRINONE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 45; INOSITOL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P53; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAPAROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 73249125356     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2.7.741     Document Type: Review

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