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  • Title: Antiendometrial antibodies in endometriosis measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and after treatment with danazol and nafarelin.
    Author: Kennedy SH, Starkey PM, Sargent IL, Hicks BR, Barlow DH.
    Journal: Obstet Gynecol; 1990 Jun; 75(6):914-8. PubMed ID: 2140439.
    Abstract:
    No previous study has investigated prospectively the quantitative effect of treatment on antiendometrial antibody levels in endometriosis. We measured antiendometrial antibody levels by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 35 women with laparoscopically proved endometriosis who were treated for 6 months with danazol (N = 11) or nafarelin (N = 24) in a randomized double-blind study. Levels before treatment were significantly higher than in a control group (P less than .001). Levels were lowered by treatment, but to a significant extent only in the nafarelin group (P less than .001) (danazol group: P = .091). Our data suggest that in relation to antiendometrial antibodies, nafarelin has a suppressive effect which has previously been ascribed only to danazol.
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