Plasma and Peritoneal Fluid Annexin A2 Levels in Patients with Endometriosis
Michal Zygarowicz,
Joanna Kacperczyk-Bartnik,
Janusz Sierdzinski
et al.
Abstract:Introduction
Endometriosis is an inflammatory-related reproductive age disease characterized by the presence of endometrial cells outside the uterine cavity. Current laboratory practice does not provide specific markers for detecting and assessing the advancement of endometriosis in either plasma or peritoneal fluid. The severity of disease is assessed in stages from I to IV based on the results of laparoscopic inspection. The protein annexin A2 (ANXA2) has been reported to be associated with infl… Show more
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