@article{c20d49ed7d294e6e9eb906e2f86bb09d,
title = "Endometrial antibodies versus CA-125 for the detection of endometriosis",
abstract = "Detection of endometrial antibodies using an indirect immunofluorescence method along with a well-established human endometrial carcinoma cell line was evaluated and compared with CA-125 for detecting endometriosis. Two hundred two patient sera from the infertility, gynecological, and gynecological oncology services were evaluated. The sensitivity for antibody testing was 83.1% with a specificity of 78.8%, in contrast to a sensitivity of 27.3% and a specificity of 82.6% for CA-125. These preliminary findings offer promise that antibody detection methods may be a useful adjunct in the diagnosis of endometriosis.",
author = "Wild, {R. A.} and V. Hirisave and A. Bianco and Podczaski, {E. S.} and Demers, {L. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Received June 5, 1990; revised and accepted August 24, 1990. * Presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of The American Fertility Society, San Francisco, California, November 11 to 16, 1989. t Supported in part by a contract from Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Division of Sterling Drug, New York City, New York. :j: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. § Reprint requests: Robert A. Wild, M.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.O. Box 26901 4SP720, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190. II Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University. 11 Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University.",
year = "1991",
doi = "10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54065-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "55",
pages = "90--94",
journal = "Fertility and Sterility",
issn = "0015-0282",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "1",
}