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Circulating CA-125 levels in superovulated women are mainly derived from the ovaries
T Gurgan1, B Urman, H A Kisnisci
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hacettepe, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Fertility and Sterility
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
A prospective study was designed to determine the individual contribution of the ovaries and the endometrium to total circulating levels of CA-125. Luteal phase CA-125 levels were measured in five women superovulated before and after vaginal hysterectomy performed for pelvic relaxation. The difference in the preoperative and postoperative luteal CA-125 levels of superovulated cycles were similar, suggesting a mainly ovarian source for the antigen although endometrial and other sites of contribution cannot be excluded in view of the small number of patients studied.