S K Agarwal

STUDY QUESTION: Are melatonin receptors (melatonin receptor 1A (MR1A) and melatonin receptor 1B (MR1B)) expressed in human endometrium and endometriotic tissue, and does melatonin affect endometrial cell proliferation? SUMMARY ANSWER: Mela…

Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In addition to estrogen dependence, endometriosis is characterized by chronic …

Numerous biochemical differences have been documented in women with endometriosis compared to controls; however, identification of a clinically useful marker of endometriosis remains elusive. We postulate that the diversity of clinical pres…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency and range of appendiceal disease in women with endometriosis and right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain, and to estimate the value of preoperative gastrograffin enema (GGE) as a screen for the disease. D…

This review summarizes the recent literature examining the relationship between endometriosis and infertility. It is clear that the advanced stage of the disease and the mechanical disruption of the pelvic anatomy may cause infertility. The…

An increase in the incidence and severity of endometriosis following treatment with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was a serendipitous finding in a reproductive toxicology study in rhesus monkeys. The purpose of this study was t…

OBJECTIVE: To understand why differences in gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapeutic protocols may affect their efficacy and safety profiles, to understand the important study design facets regarding the literature on GnRH …

Murphy, Mary CPNP, PUD; Rlsser, Nancy MN, RN,C, ANP; Giudice, L C; Tazuke, Sl; Swiersz, L; Schenken, R S; Brosens, I A; Agarwal, S K; Johnson, K M Author Information

OBJECTIVE: To compare intranasal nafarelin and intramuscular leuprolide acetate (LA) depot in the management of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-placebo, double-blind study was conducted on subjec…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the influence of female age on clomiphene citrate (CC) with IUI therapy and to compare the efficacy of this therapy between patients with ovulatory and anovulatory infertility. SETTING: A university fertility clinic…