Inflammation and nerve fiber interaction in endometriotic pain

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-10

  McKinnon, Brett D ^a,b   Bertschi, Dominic ^a   Bersinger, Nick A ^a,b   Mueller, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Inflammation; Nerve; Pain

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

CELL INTERACTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE LESION; NEURITIS; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERITONEAL FLUID; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL COMMUNICATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NERVE FIBERS; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS;

EID: 84920549807     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: 18793061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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