Increased systemic and peritoneal oxidative stress biomarkers in endometriosis are not related to retrograde menstruation.

Discussion: Our results show a peritoneal and systemic oxidative stress biomarkers increase in endometriosis, but not related to each other, and do not support the hypothesis of an increase in hemoglobin-iron supply towards the peritoneal cavity that causes oxidative damage.
PMID: 31221043 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Redox Report : communications in free radical research - June 23, 2019 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Montoya-Estrada A, Coria-García CF, Cruz-Orozco OP, Aguayo-González P, Torres-Ramos YD, Flores-Herrera H, Hicks JJ, Medina-Navarro R, Guzmán-Grenfell AM Tags: Redox Rep Source Type: research