Limitations of the criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease research
Miguel R, Chivukula M, Krishnamurti U, Amortegui A, Kant J, Sweet R, Wiesenfeld H, Phillips J, Cherpes T. Limitations of the criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease research. Pathology - Research And Practice 2011, 207: 680-685. PMID: 21996319, PMCID: PMC3215901, DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistologic endometritisPlasma cellsInflammatory disease researchLower riskEndometrial leukocyte subpopulationsEndometrial biopsy specimensAdditional immunohistochemical analysisDisease researchEndometrial neutrophilsChronic endometritisEndometrial biopsyInflammatory infiltrateConventional criteriaBiopsy specimensInflammatory processLeukocyte subpopulationsImmunohistochemical analysisEndometritisCytometric analysisWomenPID developmentCellsRiskInfiltratesBiopsy