The Endometrial Expression of Endoglin in women with Endometriosis

Objective : To compare the angiogenic activities of endothelial cells in the eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis Materials and Methods : Twenty women with histologically confirmed endometriosis after laparotomy or laparoscopy were recruited. Twenty women with carcinoma in situ of uterine cervix, but no evidence of endometriosis served as control. All sections were stained by immunohistochemistry using anti-human endoglin monoclonal antibody and positively stained microvessels were counted in 5 areas at magnification field following selection of areas of densest vascularity at low magnification field. Results were analyzed with Mann Whitney U-test, and statistical significance was defined as p