title: Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation in a rat endometriosis model: a preliminary study.
abstract: The effects of water collected from an industrially polluted river in a rat model with surgically induced endometriosis were investigated in this preliminary study. Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic lesions and enhanced adhesion formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yeditepe University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Narter
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yesildaglar
authors.forename: Gazi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Rukset
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Attar
authors.forename: Ates
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karateke
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ficicioglu
authors.forename: Bayram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010865:Pilot Projects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C467498:vascular endothelial growth factor A, rat