Stefanie Burghaus, Predrag Drazic, Monika Wölfler, Sylvia Mechsner, Magdalena Zeppernick, Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein, Michael D Mueller, Ralf Rothmund, Paola Vigano, Christian M Becker, Krina T Zondervan, Matthias W Beckmann, Peter A Fasching, Sibylle Berner-Gatz, Felix S Grünewald, Martin Hund, Peter Kastner, Martin Klammer, Ruediger P Laubender, Heike Wegmeyer, Ursula-Henrike Wienhues-Thelen, Stefan P Renner
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate blood-based biomarkers to detect endometriosis and/or adenomyosis across nine European centers (June 2014-April 2018). METHODS: This prospective, non-interventional study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of 54 blood-based biomarker immunoassays in samples from 919 women (aged 18-45 years) with suspicion of endometriosis and/or adenomyosis versus symptomatic controls. Endometriosis was stratified by revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine stage...
August 28, 2023: International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics