Endometriosis

Study identifies genes likely to contribute to disease

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 10th, 2003

A new approach for diagnosing and treating endometriosis is reported in the July 2003 issue of Endocrinology.

Researchers used microarray technology to identify genes likely to contribute to the disease, which affects 10-15% of women of reproductive age and 35-50% of women with infertility.

"This new information has great potential to improve diagnosis of endometriosis," said senior author Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford School of Medicine. "The findings suggest targets for new drugs that could minimize the disease."

Stanford researcher Lee Kao, MD, PhD, led the study,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-07-10)

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