Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 988-993 , October 2008

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in ovarian endometriotic cysts and their relationship with angiogenesis

  • Seyit Temel Ceyhan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Seyit Temel Ceyhan, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, School of Medicine, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey (FAX: 90-312-3045800).
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  • Onder Onguru, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
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  • İskender Baser, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Omer Gunhan, D.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical School, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey

Received 1 December 2006 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 5 July 2007.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)02984-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1332

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 4 , Pages 988-993 , October 2008

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