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Farkhat K.N.

Federal State Budget Institution «Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology» (director — Acad. of RAN G.T. Sukhikh) Ministry of Healthcare of the Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117997

Savilova A.M.

Federal State Budget Institution «Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology» (director — Acad. of RAN G.T. Sukhikh) Ministry of Healthcare of the Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117997

Makiian Z.N.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. akad. V.I. Kulakova", Moskva, Rossiia, 117997;
Kafedra reproduktivnoĭ meditsiny i khirurgii FPDO Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta im. A.I. Evdokimova, Moskva, Rossiia, 127473

Adamyan L.V.

Department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Education, A.I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

The role of stem cells in the pathogenesis of endometriosis (а review)

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Farkhat K.N., Savilova A.M., Makiian Z.N., Adamyan L.V.

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Journal: Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2016;22(1): 20‑27

DOI: 10.17116/repro201622120-27

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THE ROLE OF STEM CELLS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS (А REVIEW)
THE ROLE OF STEM CELLS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS (А REVIEW)

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Farkhat KN, Savilova AM, Makiian ZN, Adamyan LV. The role of stem cells in the pathogenesis of endometriosis (а review). Russian Journal of Human Reproduction. 2016;22(1):20‑27. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/repro201622120-27

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Abstract:

The role of stem cells and new blood vessel formation in the pathogenesis of endometriosis is discussed.

Keywords:

angiogenesis
bone marrow
endometriosis
endothelial progenitor cells
mesenchymal stem cells
stem cells
vasculogenesis

Authors:

Farkhat K.N.

Federal State Budget Institution «Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology» (director — Acad. of RAN G.T. Sukhikh) Ministry of Healthcare of the Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117997

Savilova A.M.

Federal State Budget Institution «Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology» (director — Acad. of RAN G.T. Sukhikh) Ministry of Healthcare of the Russia, Moscow, Russia, 117997

Makiian Z.N.

FGBU "Nauchnyĭ tsentr akusherstva, ginekologii i perinatologii im. akad. V.I. Kulakova", Moskva, Rossiia, 117997;
Kafedra reproduktivnoĭ meditsiny i khirurgii FPDO Moskovskogo gosudarstvennogo mediko-stomatologicheskogo universiteta im. A.I. Evdokimova, Moskva, Rossiia, 127473

Adamyan L.V.

Department of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Education, A.I. Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

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