Barbara Grzechocińska

BACKGROUND: Infertility is a major public health concern worldwide. While excess body weight is a well-established risk factor for impaired fertility, increasing evidence indicates that elevated body fat content may also occur in women with…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the body composition and dietary intake of female patients attending one of the Polish infertility clinics. Additionally, we evaluated if there were any relationships between dietary intake and …

OBJECTIVES: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is caused by derangement of physiological processes of tissue growth, shedding and regeneration. It is known that interplay between metalloproteinases (MMP's) and tissue inhibitors of metalloprote…

INTRODUCTION: Endometrium undergoes regular, cyclic tissue remodeling mostly associated to the endocrine system status. It is well-known fact that steroid hormones are strongly responsible for changes in endometrium. The precise mechanism o…

Women after organ transplantation with chronic immunosuppressive therapy or after bone marrow transplantation without such therapy are a growing group of patients. Although their problems in the peri- and postmenopausal period are the same …

In the last decade, vitamin D was in the spotlight in many fields of research. Despite numerous publications, its influence on reproductive health remains ambiguous. This paper presents an up-to-date review of current knowledge concerning t…

Vitamin D is currently in the scope of research in many fields of medicine. Despite that its influence on health remains uncertain. This paper presents the review of the publications concerning the role of calciferol in reproduction process…

Although there is confirmed an association between endometriosis and infertility, precise standards of managements have not yet been established. Ablation of endometriotic lesions plus adhesiolysis in minimal to mild endometriosis is more e…

It's a review of literature on the clinical effects of Livial. Livial (generic name-tibolone) makes a therapy of choice for postmenopausal women. It's a synthetic steroid with estrogenic, progestagenic and androgenic properties due to its t…

Our study consisted of 146 patients with endometriosis diagnosed during laparoscopy. The age of those women varied from 19 to 43. Pathological changes were classified according to Revised American Fertility Society scale. Numeric scale was …

Clinical results of a new contraceptive pills--Marvelon (Organon) were studied. 32 women, ages 30 +/- 5 years, participated in the study during at least 6 cycles. Marvelon was good tolerated and subjective side-effects were very low. The cy…