A. Campana

'To whom correspondence should be addressed CA 125, a marker of ovarian cancer, is also increased in otherwise normal women suffering from, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis and adenomyosis. The tissues suspected …

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, the most commonly used method of fertility regulation is tubal sterilisation. In developed countries sterilisation is generally performed by laparoscopy rather than by minilaparotomy, based on the belief that this app…

AIM OF THE STUDY: The management of infertile couples at regional hospital level is rarely reported and is generally less known, whereas the activity of university infertility clinics is usually the reference. We evaluate the diagnostic app…

It has been shown that rat and human endometria have the capacity to produce complement component 3 (C3). In rats, endometrial C3 is an oestrogen-dependent protein produced and secreted by glandular cells. The cell responsible for the synth…

At each menstrual cycle, the uterine endometrium undergoes intense remodelling. Of the many factors implicated in tissue remodelling, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a central role owing to their capacity to degrade the extracellu…

CA 125, a marker of ovarian cancer, is also increased in otherwise normal women suffering from, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis and adenomyosis. The tissues suspected of producing CA 125 in normal women include the e…