Serum antiendometrial antibodies and diagnosis of endometriosis

Gary W. Randall, Randall GW, Pickens A. Gantt, Gantt PA, Robin L. Poe‐Zeigler, Robin L Poe-Zeigler, Poe-Zeigler RL, Cynthia A. Bergmann, Bergmann CA, Marshall E. Noel, Noel ME, Wendy R. Strawbridge, Strawbridge WR, Barbara Richardson‐Cox, Richardson-Cox B, Barbara Richardson-Cox, Hereford JR, John R. Hereford, Robert H. Reiff, Reiff RH
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2007 · vol. 58(4) , pp. 374–382 · doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00523.x · PMID:17845208 · W2140701484
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This multi-center study found that a serum antiendometrial antibody assay demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity, making it a good screening test for suspected endometriosis prior to laparoscopy.

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PROBLEM: The purpose of the present prospective multi-center study is to investigate the relationship between laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis and results of a serum antiendometrial antibody (AEA) assay. METHOD OF STUDY: Indirect immunofluorescence detection of AEA was performed on serum specimens from patients presenting with dysmenorrhea or chronic pelvic pain and infertility (n = 2609) utilizing frozen sections of endometrium acquired on cycle days 18-21 from normally cycling women without endometriosis. Diagnostic laparoscopy was performed within 1 year of AEA assay on 527 tested women. RESULTS: The relationship between the serum AEA and laparoscopic verification was characterized by a positive predictive value = 88%, negative predictive value = 86%, sensitivity = 87% and specificity = 87%. CONCLUSION: The AEA assay is a very good screening test for patients suspected of having endometriosis and should be utilized prior to laparoscopy in diagnostic categories of dysmenorrhea or chronic pelvic pain and infertility.

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dysmenorrheaendometriosischronic_pelvic_paininfertility

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Autoantibodies Endometriosis Endometrium Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect Laparoscopy Laparoscopy Mass Screening Autoantibodies Autoantibodies Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium

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