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Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian Endometriosis: A Pilot Study
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to compare the circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) concentration in women with and without endometrioma to verify the performance of this marker to diagnose the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this case-control study, thirteen women with histological di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26985335 |
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author | Zucchini, Cinzia De Sanctis, Paola Facchini, Chiara Di Donato, Nadine Montanari, Giulia Bertoldo, Valentina Farina, Antonio Curti, Alessandra Seracchioli, Renato |
author_facet | Zucchini, Cinzia De Sanctis, Paola Facchini, Chiara Di Donato, Nadine Montanari, Giulia Bertoldo, Valentina Farina, Antonio Curti, Alessandra Seracchioli, Renato |
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description | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to compare the circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) concentration in women with and without endometrioma to verify the performance of this marker to diagnose the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this case-control study, thirteen women with histological diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis were compared with women without endometriosis disease. PlGF plasma levels of endometriotic patients and controls were investigated using a fluorescence immunoassay technique. RESULTS: PlGF showed a direct correlation with body mass index (BMI) only in the control group (P=0.013). After adjustment for BMI values, PlGF median value in endometriosis group (14.7 pg/mL) resulted higher than in control group (13.8 pg/ mL, P=0.004). CONCLUSION: PlGF is a promising peripheral blood marker that can discriminate between patients with and without ovarian endometriosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-47931682016-03-16 Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian Endometriosis: A Pilot Study Zucchini, Cinzia De Sanctis, Paola Facchini, Chiara Di Donato, Nadine Montanari, Giulia Bertoldo, Valentina Farina, Antonio Curti, Alessandra Seracchioli, Renato Int J Fertil Steril Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to compare the circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) concentration in women with and without endometrioma to verify the performance of this marker to diagnose the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this case-control study, thirteen women with histological diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis were compared with women without endometriosis disease. PlGF plasma levels of endometriotic patients and controls were investigated using a fluorescence immunoassay technique. RESULTS: PlGF showed a direct correlation with body mass index (BMI) only in the control group (P=0.013). After adjustment for BMI values, PlGF median value in endometriosis group (14.7 pg/mL) resulted higher than in control group (13.8 pg/ mL, P=0.004). CONCLUSION: PlGF is a promising peripheral blood marker that can discriminate between patients with and without ovarian endometriosis. Royan Institute 2016 2015-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4793168/ /pubmed/26985335 Text en Any use, distribution, reproduction or abstract of this publication in any medium, with the exception of commercial purposes, is permitted provided the original work is properly cited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zucchini, Cinzia De Sanctis, Paola Facchini, Chiara Di Donato, Nadine Montanari, Giulia Bertoldo, Valentina Farina, Antonio Curti, Alessandra Seracchioli, Renato Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title | Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A
Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian
Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title_full | Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A
Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian
Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title_fullStr | Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A
Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian
Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A
Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian
Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title_short | Performance of Circulating Placental Growth Factor as A
Screening Marker for Diagnosis of Ovarian
Endometriosis: A Pilot Study |
title_sort | performance of circulating placental growth factor as a
screening marker for diagnosis of ovarian
endometriosis: a pilot study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4793168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26985335 |
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