Local autoimmunity in mild endometriosis

Halme, J.; Mathur, S.

International Journal of Fertility 32(4): 309-311

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0020-725X
PMID: 2887530
Document Number: 296322
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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