W. Paul Dmowski
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· 94 papers in corpus
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lab-animal
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of autologous peritoneal fluid and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on proliferation of endometrial cells from women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Endometrial cells from eutopic and ectopic endometri…
2002
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between apoptotic cells and macrophages in the eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of archival uterine endometrial biopsy specimens. SETTIN…
observational
2001
BACKGROUND: The aetiology of endometriosis is unknown. Ectopic dissemination of the endometrial cells gives origin to endometriotic lesions, but occurs in women with and without endometriosis. It has been suggested that increased ectopic ce…
2001
case-report
2001
Small bowel involvement by endometriosis occurs in about 0.5% of patients, but nodular endometriosis involving the entire wall of the terminal ileum is extremely rare. Endometriotic nodules protruding into the intestinal lumen may lead to c…
2000
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other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) and peritoneal macrophages (PM) to mediate the in vitro cytolysis of endometrial cells from eutopic and ectopic endometrium in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospect…
other
1998
review
1998
This review highlights recent studies that illuminate the role of the immune system in endometriosis. The findings are discussed in the framework of a model which proposes that endometriosis reflects an immunological selection process. Endo…
other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To determine the duration of time to the recurrence of pain attributable to endometriosis after the discontinuation of treatment with danazol or a GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) in patients who have had a satisfactory response to the trea…
other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate spontaneous apoptosis in single-cell suspensions of eutopic and ectopic endometrium from women with endometriosis and in eutopic endometrium from fertile controls without endometriosis. DESIGN: Paired specimens of eu…
observational
1997
OBJECTIVE: To compare demographic, epidemiologic, and medical data and to evaluate diagnostic trends in women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain symptoms or endometriosis and infertility. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: I…
1997
1997
other
1996
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate basal (constitutive) and stimulated synthesis of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10 by peritoneal macrophages (PM) in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Peritoneal macrophages were cult…
nonrandomized-trial
1996
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of hormonal suppression on the size of ovarian endometriomas and to develop a predictive model for changes in the size of these lesions. STUDY DESIGN: The study consisted of 80 women of reproductive age wi…
nonrandomized-trial
1996
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of N-telopeptides and E2 in monitoring bone turnover during GnRH agonist- (GnRH-a) or danazol-induced hypoestrogenism. DESIGN: Comparative, nonrandomized prospective study. SETTING: Institute for t…
case-report
1996
Ovarian remnant syndrome is a rare complication of total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO). Ovarian enlargement and dense periovarian adhesions are the predisposing factors. Recurrent ovarian remnant syndrome …
other
1996
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the capacity of peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) from women with endometriosis to secrete tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL) IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10. DESIGN: Peripheral blood monocytes were cu…