BioMed Research International
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 808146, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/808146
Clinical Study
Abnormal Expression of Prostaglandins E2 and F2α Receptors and Transporters in Patients with Endometriosis
1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
2Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6
Received 16 September 2014; Revised 25 November 2014; Accepted 8 December 2014
Academic Editor: Andrea Tinelli
Copyright © 2015 Halima Rakhila et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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