title: A new method of histologic dating of human endometrium in the luteal phase.
abstract: Morphometric analysis was performed on 70 endometrial biopsy specimens collected from a population of fertile women. Of the 17 morphometric measurements that were performed on each endometrial biopsy, only 5 were required to achieve a highly significant correlation with chronologic dating based on luteinizing hormone surge (R = 0.99). The result of histologic dating, based on morphometric analysis of endometrial biopsies collected from a separate, unbiased population, correlated strongly and significantly with chronologic dating (r = 0.98, P less than 0.0001). The correlation was better than that achieved when histologic dating was performed according to the conventional dating criteria (r = 0.88, P less than 0.001).
authors.affiliation: University of Sheffield, Jessop Hospital for Women, England.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dockery
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lenton
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D007986:Luteinizing Hormone