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Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF), Intracellular Adhesion Molecule (sICAM‐1) Level in Serum and Follicular Fluid of Infertile Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Endometriosis and Tubal Damage, and their Effect on ICSI Outcome

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Thiazolidinedione Inhibition of Peritoneal Inflammation

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Increased soluble interleukin-1 receptor type II proteolysis in the endometrium of women with endometriosis

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IL-1 Induction of RANTES (Regulated upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted) Chemokine Gene Expression in Endometriotic Stromal Cells Depends on a Nuclear Factor- B Site in the Proximal Promoter

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The Peritoneal Fluid Levels of Interleukin‐12 in Women with Endometriosis

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Increased Natural Killer Cell Activities in Patients Treated with Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonist

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Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule—1 (ICAM-1) is released into the serum and ascites of human ovarian carcinoma patients and in nude mice bearing tumour xenografts

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Endometriosis: Soluble CD23 protein in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ ligand inhibition of RANTES production by human endometriotic stromal cells is mediated through an upstream promoter element

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Concentration of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in serum samples from patients with endometriosis collected during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle

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In vitro effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist on natural killer cell cytolysis in women with and without endometriosis

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A defective expression of ICAM-1 (CD54) on secretory endometrial cells is associated with endometriosis

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Nuclear Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and Have Opposing Effects on Monocyte Chemotaxis in Endometriosis

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PPAR- Decreases Endometrial Stromal Cell Transcription and Translation of RANTES in Vitro

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Antikoagulation in der Schwangerschaft bei mechanischem Herzklappenersatz

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Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis correlates with the extension of peritoneal implants

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Regulation of Fas Ligand Expression by IL-8 in Human Endometrium

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Enhanced T cells interactions with extracellular matrix proteins in infertile women with endometriosis

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Novak's Gynecology, 13th Edition

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Danazol linked to ovarian cancer

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Defective autophosphorylation of the insulin receptor (APIR): a potential mechanism of insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

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Endometriosis: cost estimates and methodological perspective

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Non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis based on a combined analysis of six plasma biomarkers

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A high sensitivity assay is more accurate than a classical assay for the measurement of plasma CRP levels in endometriosis

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Clinical analysis of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of 120 cases with endometriosis

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Postmenopausal vesical endometriosis

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