Howard Carp

Progestational agents are often prescribed to increase the clinical pregnancy rate in assisted reproduction. Progestogens affect implantation, cytokine balance, natural killer cell activity, arachidonic acid release and myometrial contracti…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Bladder involvement is rare in endometriosis. The prevalence is estimated to be ∼1% in patients with endometriosis. However, this figure seems to be an underestimation. The diagnosis of bladder endometriosis might be missed…

Study objectiveTo evaluate the clinical and surgical features of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) represented by catamenial pneumothorax and pelvic endometriosis and to describe their association with infertility.DesignRetrospective cl…

PurposeOur purpose was to determine whether some cases of infertility may be due to serological factors inhibiting development of the embryo.MethodWe examined the effect of infertile women's sera on the expansion, attachment, and spreading …