Endothelial dysfunction but not increased carotid intima-media thickness in young European women with endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1320-1326

  Santoro, Luca ^a   Donofrio, Ferruccio ^a   Campo, Sebastiano ^a   Ferraro, Pietro Manuel ^a   Tondi, Paolo ^a   Campo, Vincenzo ^a   Flex, Andrea ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Santoliquido, Angelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endometriosis; Endothelial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; RISTOCETIN; RISTOCETIN COFACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84860122318     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des062     Document Type: Article

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