Peritoneal fluid was collected in the periovulatory phase of the cycle from 25 women undergoing laparoscopy. Endometriosis was diagnosed in 13 patients (AFS score 1, N = 9; AFS score 2, N = 4) and 12 patients without endometriosis served as…
Peritoneal fluid volume was determined and concentrations of C-reactive protein, alpha 1-antitrypsin, acid-alpha 1-glycoprotein, alpha 2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, complement factors C3 and C4, IgG, IgA and IgM were measured in the superna…
Disruption of the BM can be found in metastasizing neoplasms. It has been suggested that also in some patients with endometriosis the BM is lacking, depending on the severity of disease. Thus studying the aspect of the BM would enable chara…
Some authors have evaluated the efficacy of medical treatment for endometriosis by SLL at termination of therapy. The appearance of endometriotic lesions depends on ovarian activity. We studied the appearance of endometriotic lesions at SLL…