develop a significant enthalpic relaxation peak which occurs in the vicinity of the glass transition event. The development of the enthalpic relaxation peak is due to the non- equilibrium nature of the glass transition event and is a consequence of the second and third laws of thermodynamics relating to the entropy of the material.
Conclusions: Endometrial biopsy, with detection of nerve fibres, provided a reliability of diagnosis of endometriosis which is close to the accuracy of laparoscopic assessment by experienced gynaecological laparoscopists.
Results: In women with laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis (n = 64) the mean nerve fibre density in the functional layer of the endometrial biopsy was 2.7 nerve fibres per mm2 (Â±3.5 SD). Only one woman with endometriosis had no detectable nerve fibres.