Patent ID: 7029867

Claim:
A method for diagnosing endometriosis in an infertile female suspected of having endometriosis, which comprises the steps of: (a) reacting a test sample from the infertile female suspected of having endometriosis with laminin-1 or a fragment thereof to thereby bind anti-laminin-1 antibody in the test sample to the laminin-1 or fragment; (b) determining an amount of the anti-laminin-1 antibody in the test sample which is bound to the laminin-1 or fragment; (c) comparing the amount of bound anti-laminin-1 antibody in the test sample with the amount of bound anti-laminin-1 antibody in a control sample from a healthy female, wherein a higher amount of bound anti-laminin-1 antibody in the test sample is indicative of a diagnosis of endometriosis.