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Elevated levels of whole blood nickel in a group of Sri Lankan women with endometriosis: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is characterized by the persistence of endometrial tissue in ectopic sites outside the uterine cavity. Presence of nickel, cadmium and lead in ectopic endometrial tissue has been reported previously. While any association between blood levels of nickel and endometriosis is...

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Autores principales: Silva, Nalinda, Senanayake, Hemantha, Waduge, Vajira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-13