Biomarkers of endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1135-1145

  Fassbender, Amelie ^a   Vodolazkaia, Alexandra ^a   Saunders, Philippa ^b   Lebovic, Dan ^c   Waelkens, Etienne ^d   De Moor, Bart ^e   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Campus Gasthuisberg ^*  (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biomarker; diagnosis; endometriosis; endometrium; plasma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOCORTIN 5; MICRORNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PEPTIDE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROTEIN; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADHESION; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENE PRODUCT; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBFERTILITY; ULTRASOUND;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84876414926     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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