Front. Endocrinol. Frontiers in Endocrinology Front. Endocrinol. 1664-2392 Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fendo.2026.1799754 Correction Correction: Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning for endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis ZhangBingyi Conceptualization Methodology Software Data curation Project administration Writing – original draft LvXiaoli Investigation Writing – review & editing Data curation LiDan Investigation Writing – review & editing Visualization ZhangLongtao Writing – review & editing Validation RuZiyang Software Validation Writing – review & editing MaYuxia * Writing – review & editing Funding acquisition Supervision School of Acupuncture and Tuina, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China Correspondence: Yuxia Ma, phdmayuxia@126.com 18 02 2026 2026 17 1799754 30 01 2026 06 02 2026 Copyright © 2026 Zhang, Lv, Li, Zhang, Ru and Ma. 2026 Zhang, Lv, Li, Zhang, Ru and Ma https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. A Correction on Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning for endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis By Zhang B, Lv X, Li D, Zhang L, Ru Z and Ma Y (2026) Front. Endocrinol. 16:1735567. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1735567 diagnosis endometriosis machine learning meta-analysis systematic review section-at-acceptance Reproduction

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