MAPK signaling pathway and endometriosis: What is the link?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 837-838

  Mormile, Raffaella ^a   Vittori, Giorgio ^b  

^a g Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO DI NANCY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SURVIVIN; TELOMERASE;

APOPTOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

APOPTOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; TELOMERASE;

EID: 84876669897     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2587-9     Document Type: Letter

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