Cristina Luce Glitz

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
article 2009
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas ·doi:10.1590/s0100-879x2009001100007

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a cytokine that belongs to the IL-1 family. Endometriosis is strongly associated with sub-fertility, and affects about 15% of women of reproductive age. IL-18 may favor the progression of endometriosis. The objecti…

article 2007

A endometriose uma doena presente em 10 a 15% da populao feminina, sendo caracterizada por tecido endometrial fora da cavidade uterina.Essa doena est fortemente associada infertilidade e dor plvica crnica.Pacientes com infertilidade e endom…

dissertation 2006

BACKGROUND:There is some evidence showing immunologic alterations in women with endometriosis and infertility.Among the immunologic alterations we highlight the role of interleukin-18 (IL-18), mainly in infertile patients with mild/minimal …