title: Dioxin concentrations in women with endometriosis.
abstract: The concentrations of the enviromental pollutant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin were measured in the blood of 44 infertile women with endometriosis (study group), and in 35 age-matched women with tubal infertility (control group). Eight women with endometriosis (18%) were dioxin positive as compared to one woman (3%) in the controls (P = 0.04). Although the concentrations of dioxin did not seem to be directly correlated with the severity of endometriosis, these observations contribute to the accumulating data linking dioxin to endometriosis in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soback
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almagor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D004147:Dioxins / Q000097:blood*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D004147:Dioxins