Immunology of normal and abnormal menstruation

Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-395

  Berbic, Marina ^a,b   Fraser, Ian S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Dysmenorrhea; Endometrium; Heavy menstrual bleeding; Leukocytes; Macrophages; Mast cells; Menorrhagia; Menstruation; Tregs

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; TRYPTASE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CAVITY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES;

EID: 84880364881     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.13.32     Document Type: Review

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