In women with endometriosis, antiendometrial antibody levels decreased significantly during nafarelin treatment (P less than .001).
In plain wordsIn women with endometriosis, antiendometrial antibody levels decreased during nafarelin treatment.
- Peptide
- Nafarelin
- Outcome
- DecreaseAntiendometrial antibodies
- Study
n = 24
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- P value
- < 0.001
- nafarelin change
Source sentences
Levels were lowered by treatment, but to a significant extent only in the nafarelin group (P less than .001) (danazol group: P = .091).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
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.