Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , July 2004

Elevated angiogenin levels in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis correlate with the extent of the disorder

  • Nobuhiro Suzumori, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nobuhiro Suzumori, M.D., Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-ku, Mizuho-cho, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan (FAX: 81-52-842-2269).
    • ,
  • Xaio Xi Zhao, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Kaoru Suzumori, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Received 6 August 2003 ,Revised 14 November 2003 ,Accepted 14 November 2003.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00535-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.11.043

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , July 2004

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