Role of iron overload-induced macrophage apoptosis in the pathogenesis of peritoneal endometriosis

Reproduction

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pirdel, Leila ^a   Pirdel, Manijeh ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; BLEEDING; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MENSTRUATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901658446     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0552     Document Type: Review

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