T regulatory lymphocytes in patients with endometriosis

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1072-1076

  Gogacz, Marek ^a   Winkler, Izabela ^a   Bojarska Junak, Agnieszka ^a   Tabarkiewicz, Jacek ^a   Semczuk, Andrzej ^a   Rechberger, Tomasz ^a   Adamiak, Aneta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Peripheral blood; Peritoneal fluid; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PERITONEAL FLUID; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84903301022     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2294     Document Type: Article

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