Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 301-310 , February 2008

Endometrial and peritoneal expression of aromatase, cytokines, and adhesion factors in women with endometriosis

  • Cleophas M. Kyama, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
    • Division of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Lutgart Overbergh, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Attila Mihalyi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Christel Meuleman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Jason M. Mwenda, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Chantal Mathieu, M.D. Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Thomas M. D'Hooghe, M.D. Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
    • Division of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas M. D'Hooghe, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium (FAX 32 16 343607).

Received 17 November 2006 ,Revised 27 February 2007 ,Accepted 27 February 2007.

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 Supported by grants from the Leuven University Research Council and from the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO), Leuven, Belgium.

 Presented at the 9th World Congress on Endometriosis, September 14–17, 2005, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and at the 22nd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, June 18–21, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.

PII: S0015-0282(07)00525-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.057

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 301-310 , February 2008

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