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Lead
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
With
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Age
18–55
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age 18 or older
Female of childbearing age (18-55 years)
Clinically suspected (symptomatic) endometriosis as defined by referring physician (this would also include endometriomas as other disease may be present).
Scheduled for planned operative laparoscopy with no hormone treatment for at least two cycles
Able to provide informed consent
You may not be if
Male
Institutionalized subject (prisoner or nursing home patient)
Known history of breast, ovarian or endometrial cancer.
Pregnant or breast-feeding women
Chronic progestin-containing medications or Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues in the last 10-16 days (or 2 cycles in the case of GnRH analogues as these are dosed monthly) or inability to discontinue these medications
Allergy to gadolinium contrast or Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) below 30 ml/min.
