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Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease that affects a large number of women in reproductive age. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) plays a role in steroidogenesis and acts through a transmembrane glycoprotein, FSH rece…
Aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy to treat recurrent ovarian endometriomas prior to in vitro fertilization – a pilot study Aspiração e alcoolização de endometriomas ovarianos recorrentes prévios ao tratamento de fertilização in vitro – e…
Background: Immunological theories suggest that changes in the immune system could prevent the ability to eliminate the endometrium of the pelvic cavity. In women with endometriosis is possible that changes in immunity mediated by T cells f…
We aimed to evaluate the frequency of the G-765C/rs20417 polymorphism in theCOX2gene and the gene expression in the endometrium of women with endometriosis. We performed a casecontrol study comprising 257 infertile and30 fertile women diagn…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the evolution of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women with recurrent ovarian endometriomas treated with sclerotherapy. METHODS: Twenty-one patients with a laparoscopic diagnosis of stage III or IV endometriosi…
AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene (uPA) and thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor gene (TAFI) genotypes in a group of infertile women with and/or without endometriosis and controls. …
Estrogens are important factors in the development of endometriosis, and can induce cell proliferation and stimulate cell division. COMT constitutes a crucial element in estrogen metabolism and has been suggested to be involved in the devel…