I.S. Fraser

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1981-2014

Study types

  • article 6
  • review 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • endometrioma 1
  • adenomyosis 1
article 2014
World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project: IV. Tissue collection, processing, and storage in endometriosis research
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1209

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardize the recording of associated data for collection, processing, and storage of human tissues relevant to endometriosis. DESIGN: An international collaboration involvi…

review 2014
World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and biobanking harmonization project: II. Clinical and covariate phenotype data collection in endometriosis research
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1244

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize the collection of nonsurgical clinical and epidemiologic data relevant to endometriosis research, allowing large-scale collaboration. DESIGN: An international collaboration involving 34 clinical/academic centers and …

review 2014
World Endometriosis Research Foundation Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project: III. Fluid biospecimen collection, processing, and storage in endometriosis research
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1208

OBJECTIVE: To harmonize standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standardize the recording of associated data for collection, processing, and storage of fluid biospecimens relevant to endometriosis. DESIGN: An international collaboration in…

review 2011
Regulatory T cells and other leukocytes in the pathogenesis of endometriosis
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2010.11.004
article 2009
A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of oral estradiol valerate/dienogest for the treatment of heavy and/or prolonged menstrual bleeding
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.123
article 2009
Neuroendocrine cells in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep379

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease, but the pathogenesis of endometriosis and pathophysiological basis for endometriosis-associated painful symptoms are still uncertain. Little is known about neuroendocrine (NE) ce…

article 2008
Macrophages and nerve fibres in peritoneal endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/den483

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is considered to be an inflammatory disease, and macrophages are the most numerous immune cells in endometriotic lesions. However, the mechanisms underlying the elevation of macrophages and their role in the pathog…

review 2000
Endometrial-Myometrial Interface: Relationship to Adenomyosis and Changes in Pregnancy
Obstetrical & gynecological survey ·doi:10.1097/00006254-200006000-00025

The endometrial-myometrial interface (EMI) is an important region of the human uterus, which has attracted little research attention. This mucosal-muscular interface has characteristic features when compared with other similar interfaces in…

article 1999
Regulating menstrual bleeding. A prime function of progesterone.

Progesterone plays a crucial role in the coordination of endometrial breakdown as well as in the determination and regulation of menstrual blood loss and endometrial transudation of fluid. Furthermore, long-term exposure of the endometrium …

article 1981
Efficacy of mefenamic acid in patients with a complaint of menorrhagia.

Sixty-nine patients with a convincing history of menorrhagia completed a 4-cycle double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial of mefenamic acid taken during menstruation. Only 30 of these patients demonstrated objective menorr…