Aromatase inhibitor treatment limits progression of peritoneal endometriosis in baboons

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Langoi, David ^a   Pavone, Mary Ellen ^b   Gurates, Bilgin ^c   Chai, Daniel ^a   Fazleabas, Asgerally ^d   Bulun, Serdar E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatase inhibitors; baboon model; Endometriosis; laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME; LETROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PERITONEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84875213752     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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