The vitamin E-binding protein afamin is altered significantly in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2923-2926

  Seeber, Beata E ^a   Czech, Theresa ^a   Buchner, Hannes ^b   Barnhart, Kurt T ^c   Seger, Christoph ^a   Daxenbichler, Guenter ^a   Wildt, Ludwig ^a   Dieplinger, Hans ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

afamin; biomarkers; Endometriosis; peritoneal fluid; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

AFAMIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; HORMONES AND AGENTS ACTING ON THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; SERUM ALBUMIN; VITAMIN E; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650227573     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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