Effect of pentoxifylline on vascular endothelial growth factor C and flk-1 expression on endometrial implants in the rat endometriosis model

Nikos F Vlahos, Nikolaos Vlahos, Odysseas Gregoriou, Aikaterini Deliveliotou, Δέσποινα Περρέα, Despoina Perrea, Athanasios Vlachos, Yulian Zhao, Joseph Lai, Joseph H. C. Lai, George Creatsas
Fertility and sterility · 2009 · vol. 93(4) , pp. 1316–1323 · doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.056 · PMID:19147132 · W1977457745
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Pentoxifylline treatment reduced vascular endothelial growth factor C and flk-1 expression in endometrial implants within a rat model of endometriosis.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Disease Models, Animal Endometriosis Endometrium Pentoxifylline Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 Angiogenesis Inhibitors Angiogenesis Inhibitors Animals Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Endometrium Female Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Infertility, Female Infertility, Female

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