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Functional and phenotypic alterations in peritoneal macrophages from patients with early and advanced endometriosis.
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics - 1 Jan 1998
Raiter-Tenenbaum A, Barañao R I, Etchepareborda J J, Meresman G F, Rumi L S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to elucidate whether peritoneal macrophage (pMO) alterations are a generalized feature in all stages of endometriosis and the effect of hormonal treatment on this leukocyte population. For this purpose we quantified the number of pMO, the expression of HLA-DR antigen (pMO DR+), percentages of pMO that reduced nitro-blue tetrazolium (pMO NBT+), and interleukin-1 (IL-1) and prostaglandin...
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