Ângela Mara Bentes de Souza

PURPOSE: to evaluate the frequency of TP53 codon 72 polymorphism in infertile women with endometriosis, women with idiopathic infertility, controls and its relation to the disease. METHODS: a case-control study that included 198 infertile …

Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition in which tissue that is histologically similar to the endometrium with glands and/or stroma grows outside the uterine cavity and can lead to pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and infertility. Many a…

OBJECTIVE: To establish the frequency of LHbeta G1502A polymorphism in infertile women with endometriosis, infertile women without endometriosis and a control group. STUDY DESIGN: Case-control study including 110 infertile women with endom…

O efeito prejudicial que os desreguladores endócrinos podem ter na saúde humana está chamando a atenção da comunidade científica. Essas substâncias são capazes de mimetizar, bloquear ou modular a resposta endócrina por meio da interação com…

PROBLEM: Endometriosis has been suggested to be an autoimmune disease and recently, an allelic variation of the PTPN22 (C1858T) gene was revealed to be associated with the development of autoimmunity. The aim of the study was to determine t…

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Serological testing for CA125 has been widely used to detect endometriosis and to monitor its progression. However, controversy still exists regarding the usefulness of the plasma CA125 assay for diagnosing endometrio…

PURPOSE: To determine the presence of OC-125 staining in endometriotic lesions and to verify whether there is an association with endometriosis stage. METHODS: Thirteen patients from the Family Planning programs (group I) and 53 patients f…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To identify oxidative stress in peritoneum during laparoscopic and open surgery by measuring products of lipid peroxidation, and to determine whether surgical approach influences the type of oxidative metabolite synthesized…