title: Endometriosis and infertility: the role of exogenous lipid peroxides in the peritoneal fluid.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if lipid peroxides were raised in the pelvic peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Control study involving patients with and without endometriosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The lipid peroxide (malondialdehyde) levels in the pelvic PF of 12 patients with moderate-to severe endometriosis, 15 patients with minimal-mild endometriosis and 13 patients with normal pelvises were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of lipid peroxides were not affected by the presence nor the severity of endometriosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Accelerated lipid peroxidation does not appear to play a role in the causal relationship between endometriosis and infertility.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Arumugam
authors: Y C
authors: YC
authors: Dip
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008315:Malondialdehyde