BACKGROUND: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) levels increase in women with endometriosis. COX-2, via increasing prostaglandin E2, contributes to an increase in vascular endothelial growth factor. In this way, COX-2 may contribute to the progression…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacies of anastrozole and raloxifene on endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, experimental study was performed on 45 adult Wistar female rats in the Experimental Surgery …
AIM: In the present study, we aimed to compare the effects of cetrorelix and leuprolide on endometriosis. METHODS: This randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, experimental study was performed on 45 Wistar adult female rats in the Ex…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of imiquimod on endometriosis. DESIGN: Randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, experimental study. SETTING: Experimental surgery laboratory at a university in Turkey. ANIMAL(S): Thirty Wistar …
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of levamisole on experimental endometriosis. METHODS: After the implantation of endometrial tissue on abdominal peritoneum, 40 rats were randomized to 1 of 4 equal intervention groups. Levamisole (2 m…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of recombinant human interferon alpha-2b on endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: The randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blind, experimental study was performed on 30 Wistar female rats in the Experimental…
In this study, correlation between duration of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) and the degree of membrane, decidua, and myometrium infections were histologically investigated. The study was carried on 61 women with term pregnancy …