Increased serum polychlorobiphenyl levels in Belgian women with adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum

Heilier JF, Jean-François Heilier, Anh Thi Ha, Ha AT, Dominique Lison, Donnez J, Jacques Donnez, Tonglet R, René Tonglet, Fabienne Nackers
Fertility and sterility · 2004 · vol. 81(2) , pp. 456–8 · doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.011 · PMID:14967391
Observational OA: bronze public-domain-us
🔓 Open OA copy View on PubMed View at publisher
⚙ AI-generated summary by gemini-2.5-flash-lite, 2026-06-09 ⓘ

Polychlorobiphenyl levels were significantly elevated in Belgian women diagnosed with adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum compared to those with endometriosis or no endometriosis.

One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works

Abstract

The sum of bulk polychlorobiphenyl levels was significantly higher in women with rectovaginal adenomyosis than in women with endometriosis and controls.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Condition tags

endometriosisadenomyosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Environmental Pollutants Polychlorinated Biphenyls Rectal Diseases Vaginal Diseases Adult Adult Body Mass Index Body Mass Index Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Environmental Pollutants Environmental Pollutants Female Female Humans Humans Lipids Lipids

Citation neighborhood (no data yet)

We don't have any in-corpus citations linked to this paper yet. The paper's references may be in our DB but unresolved to ``paper_id`` (resolution happens at ingest when the cited DOI matches a row we already have). Run the cross-source citation reconcile pass to retry.

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-10-21T06:16:17.486033+00:00
pubmed
last seen: 2026-10-08T21:02:24.140261+00:00
unpaywall
last seen: 2026-05-14T19:30:52.867331+00:00
License: public-domain-us · commercial use OK · attribution required
Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine