Evaluation of soluble HLA-G in the serum and and peritoneal fluid of patients with pelvic endometriosis.

• Grant number: 08/07125-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2008
• End date: September 30, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Surgery
• Principal Investigator: Maurício Simões Abrão
• Grantee: Bruna Balestrero Thiele
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to evaluate the serum dosage of the soluble HLA-G in patients with and without pelvic endometriosis, and relation these data with the clinical information, stage of the disease (ASRM, 1996), phase of the menstrual cicle, site of the disease and the histological classification of endometriosis.