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High plasma concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and phthalate esters in women with endometriosis: a prospective case control study.

Reddy BS, Rozati R, Reddy S, Kodampur S, Reddy P, Reddy R

Department of Reproductive Medicine, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Center, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad, India. satyanarayanareddyb@yahoo.com

The objective of this study was to detect the probable association between polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and phthalate esters (PEs), and the occurrence of endometriosis in a prospective case control study. We found that PCBs and PEs may be instrumental in the etiology of endometriosis.

Published 27 February 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(3): 775-9.
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