Serum Markers for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Endometriosis

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Researchers investigated serum markers for noninvasively diagnosing endometriosis, finding that a panel of biomarkers shows more promise than single markers due to diagnostic challenges with current methods.

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Endometriosis is a disease that affects millions of women worldwide and its diagnosis is still challenging. Medical history, symptoms together with imaging data may address the correct diagnosis, but the gold standard remains laparoscopic assessment with histological confirmation. The development of serum markers as diagnostic tools for endometriosis may allow a prompt and noninvasive diagnosis. Several serum biomarkers have been investigated over the years, but none of these have shown a clinical utility and nowadays the more realistic diagnostic biomarker consists in a panel of biomarkers. The recent introduction of new technologies such as genomics and proteomics may represent the future perspective of endometriosis diagnosis.

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endometriosis

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CA-125 Antigen CA-19-9 Antigen Endometriosis Endometriosis Biomarkers Biomarkers CA-125 Antigen CA-19-9 Antigen Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Female Follistatin Follistatin Humans Ovarian Cysts Ovarian Cysts Ovarian Cysts Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Diseases Ovarian Diseases

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