Local autoimmunity in mild endometriosis
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This study found no significant difference in autoantibody titers against endometrial and ovarian antigens in peritoneal fluid between patients with mild endometriosis and controls.
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Forty-four patients with and without mild endometriosis were tested for the presence in peritoneal fluid of autoantibodies against endometrial and ovarian antigens. Five patients with endometriosis and one patient in the control group had significantly elevated titers, and the mean of titers was similar in each group. These results suggest that local autoimmunity is not a likely phenomenon in patients with mild endometriosis.
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- Detection of antiendometrial antibodies in patients with endometriosis by cell ELISA 1996
- Treatment of Infertility Associated With Endometriosis 1995
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- Endometriosis: the host response 1993
- Markers for endometriosis 1993
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- Danazol suppresses both spontaneous and activated human lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity 1992
- In vitro lymphocyte activity in women with endometriosis--an altered immune response? 1992
- F(ab')2 segment is the active component of immunoglobulin G autoantibody generation in patients with endometriosis 1991
- Endometriosis as a cause of infertility 1989
- Endometrial antigens involved in the autoimmunity of endometriosis 1988
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