Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 775-776, July 2010

Mannose-binding lectin levels in endometriosis

  • Kemal Özerkan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kemal Özerkan, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uludağ University, Görükle, Bursa 16059, Turkey (FAX: 90-224-249-00-49).
    • ,
  • Barbaros Oral, Prof.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
    • ,
  • Gürkan Uncu, Prof.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey

Received 25 August 2009; received in revised form 29 September 2009; accepted 29 September 2009. published online 16 November 2009.

The serum concentrations of mannose-binding lectin in patients with or without endometriosis do not differ. Mannose-binding lectin could be involved in the modulation of inflammatory responses, but it does not seem to take part in endometriosis pathogenesis.

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 K.O. has nothing to disclose. B.O. has nothing to disclose. G.U. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03806-0

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.056

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 775-776, July 2010

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