Mário Roberto Senger

ORCID: 0000-0003-2384-2692 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2009

Peritoneal and serum interleukin-18 levels are not increased in women with minimum or mild endometriosis

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…