The effects of letrozole and melatonin on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat model: a preliminary study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1787-1792

  Yildirim, Gazi ^a   Attar, Rukset ^a   Ozkan, Ferda ^a   Kumbak, Banu ^a   Ficicioglu, Cem ^a   Yesildaglar, Narter ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; endometriosis; experimental endometriosis models; melatonin; rats

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ESTROGEN; LETROZOLE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; MELATONIN; NITRILES; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIAZOLES; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 77949918633     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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