Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 391-394 , August 2008

The effect of interleukin-6 on ciliary beat frequency in the human fallopian tube

  • A. Papathanasiou, M.R.C.O.G.
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  • O. Djahanbakhch, F.R.C.O.G., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Professor O. Djahanbakhch, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fourth Floor, Holland Wing, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 2BB, UK (FAX: 00442073638775).
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  • E. Saridogan, Ph.D., M.R.C.O.G.
    • ,
  • R.A. Lyons, M.R.C.O.G.

Received 12 May 2007 ,Revised 25 July 2007 ,Accepted 25 July 2007.

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 Dr. Saridogan has received honoraria for research and teaching from Ethicon Endosurgery and Women's Health.

PII: S0015-0282(07)03024-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1379

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 391-394 , August 2008

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