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Immunologic aspects of endometriosis
W P Dmowski1, H M Gebel, R G Rawlins
1Institute for the Study and Treatment of Endometriosis, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
Endometriosis appears to be a systemic disease with alterations in both humoral and cell-mediated immunity. An immune defect may allow ectopic implantation of the endometrial cells with subsequent development of autoantibodies.