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Evaluation, validation and refinement of noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers for endometriosis (ENDOmarker): A protocol to phenotype bio-specimens for discovery and validation.
Contemporary clinical trials - 1 May 2018
Barnhart Kurt, Giudice Linda, Young Steve, Thomas Tracey, Diamond Michael P, Segars James, Youssef Wahid A, Krawetz Stephen, Santoro Nanette, Eisenberg Esther, Zhang Heping
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OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen dependent condition that affects 5-10% of reproductive aged women and is associated with pelvic pain and infertility. As the approach to therapy shifts from surgical ablation to pharmacological control, a non-surgical mode of diagnosis would be desirable. The ENDOmarker study was designed by the NICHD Reproductive Medicine Network (RMN) to obtain well characterized...
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