Correlation between altered central pain processing and concentration of peritoneal fluid inflammatory cytokines in endometriosis patients with chronic pelvic pain

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-184

  Neziri, Alban Y ^a,b   Bersinger, Nick A ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c   Mueller, Michael D ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITHELIAL NEUTROPHILACTIVATING PROTEIN 78; FICOLIN 2 LECTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GLYCODELIN A; HUMAN EPIDIDYMIS PROTEIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; MIDKINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUTROPHIL DEFENSIN; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ASCITES FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PELVIC PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX;

EID: 84899860539     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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