Pritts EA
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· 9 papers in corpus
review
2006
Endometriosis is an enigmatic disease found in as many as 30% of reproductive age women. The symptoms for women who suffer from this malady vary but may include subfertility or chronic pelvic pain. Because endometriosis lesions rely on estr…
review
2004
The medical treatment of endometriosis has long centered upon producing a hypoestrogenic environment by producing pituitary suppression or a progestin-dominant environment. However, as more is uncovered regarding the pathogenesis and pathop…
review
2003
Although endometriosis is associated with infertility, a clear causal relationship has yet to be established, unless adhesive disease is found. Despite this indirect association, multiple theories have been promulgated and studies are curre…
article
2003
Endometriosis and infertility have been linked in the discipline of gynecology for more than a century. There is evidence that endometriosis can and does decrease fertility. However, our ability to determine fertility prognosis based on a s…
article
2003
ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) ligands on transcription and secretion of regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) in endometriotic stromal c…
article
2002
The industrial contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with inflammatory disorders in women and other mammals. The current studies were performed to investigate the effect of TCDD on RANTES expression in an in-v…
other
2002
An important step in the monthly turnover of the endometrial lining during the menstrual cycle is the cyclical recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells. Regulated Upon Activation Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted (RANTES) has bee…
review
2002
The treatment of endometriosis focuses upon amelioration of two symptoms: pain and infertility. The treatment of endometriosis-associated pain has been well studied and all major medical therapies appear to be superior to placebo. In additi…
review
2001
Endometriosis is the growth of endometrium outside the uterine cavity or myometrium (endometriotic implants), usually in the peritoneal cavity (Figure 1). The question of how the tissue attains this abnormal placement is controversial, alth…