Altered expression of interleukin-18 in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Aydın Arıcı, Aydin Arici, Ioannis Matalliotakis, Anastasia G. Goumenou, Anastasia Goumenou, Georgios Koumantakis, Simon Vassiliadis, S. Vassiliadis, Neal G Mahutte, Neal Mahutte
Fertility and Sterility · 2003 · vol. 80(4) , pp. 889–894 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01122-1 · PMID:14556808 · W2128374761
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This study investigated the expression of interleukin-18 in peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis and found it to be altered.

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endometriosis

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Ascitic Fluid Endometriosis Interleukin-18 Adult Ascitic Fluid Endometriosis Endometriosis Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Follicular Phase Follicular Phase Humans Interleukin-18 Luteal Phase Luteal Phase Severity of Illness Index

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