Etanercept causes regression of endometriotic implants in a rat model

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1297-1302

  Yildirim, Gazi ^a   Attar, Rukset ^a   Ficicioglu, Cem ^a   Karateke, Ates ^a   Ozkan, Ferda ^a   Yesildaglar, Narter ^a  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti TNF; Endometriosis; Etanercept; Rat endometriosis model

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETANERCEPT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS HORN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

EID: 79956149534     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1543-9     Document Type: Article

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