Endometriosis-associated nerve fibers, peritoneal fluid cytokine concentrations, and pain in endometriotic lesions from different locations

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 373-380

  McKinnon, Brett ^a   Bersinger, Nick A ^a   Wotzkow, Carlos ^a   Mueller, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; glycodelin; pain; peritoneum; PGP9.5; rectovaginal septum

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; INTERLEUKIN 8; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; MENSTRUAL PAIN; NERVE FIBER; OVARY; PAIN; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTOVAGINAL SEPTUM; RECTUM; VAGINA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; NERVE FIBERS; OVARIAN DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECTAL DISEASES; SWITZERLAND; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84856396124     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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