Eutopic endometrium from women with endometriosis does not exhibit neurotrophic properties

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Barcena de Arellano, Maria Luisa ^a   Arnold, Julia ^a,b   Sacher, Frank ^c   Blöchle, Matthias ^d   Staube, Magdalena ^a   Bartley, Julia ^a   Vercellino, Giuseppe F ^a   Chiantera, Vito ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a   Mechsner, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d Kinderwunschzentrum An der Gedächtniskirche   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhoea; Endometrial innervation; Endometriosis; Neurotrophic properties; Pelvic pain

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTROPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY GANGLION; UTERUS FLUID;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; UTERINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863435874     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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