Influence of nerve growth factor in endometriosis-associated symptoms

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1202-1210

  Barcena De Arellano, Maria L ^a   Arnold, Julia ^a   Vercellino, Giuseppe F ^a   Chiantera, Vito ^a   Ebert, Andreas D ^b   Schneider, Achim ^a   Mechsner, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

dysmenorrhea; endometriosis; pain generation of endometriosis related symptoms; pelvic pain; sensory nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL GANGLION; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555212245     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111410711     Document Type: Article

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