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Endometriosis, a disease of the macrophage

Endometriosis, a common cause of pelvic pain and female infertility, depends on the growth of vascularized endometrial tissue at ectopic sites. Endometrial fragments reach the peritoneal cavity during the fertile years: local cues decide whether they yield endometriotic lesions. Macrophages are recr...

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Autores principales: Capobianco, Annalisa, Rovere-Querini, Patrizia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00009