J J Brosens
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· 14 papers in corpus
article
2020
Pregnancy is dependent upon the endometrium acquiring a receptive phenotype that facilitates apposition, adhesion and invasion of a developmentally competent embryo. Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrome…
review
2015
The fetal endometrium becomes responsive to steroid hormones around the fourth month of pregnancy starting with an oestrogenic phase, which is followed late in pregnancy by a secretory phase. Based on post-mortem studies, the endometrium at…
review
2014
Potential role of endometrial stem/progenitor cells in the pathogenesis of early-onset endometriosis
The pathogenesis of early-onset endometriosis has recently been revisited, sparked by the discovery of endometrial stem/progenitor cells and their possible role in endometriosis, and because maternal pregnancy hormone withdrawal following d…
article
2001
OBJECTIVE: To review the role of laparoscopy in the management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHOD: A literature search was conducted to obtain a clear perspective on the role of laparoscopy for CPP. RESULTS: Laparoscopy has been widely us…
other
2001
OBJECTIVE: To review the role of laparoscopy in the management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHOD: A literature search was conducted to obtain a clear perspective on the role of laparoscopy for CPP. RESULTS: Laparoscopy has been widely …
other
2000
review
2000
review
2000
review
1998
Human non-gravid myometrium differentiates in response to ovarian sex steroids into a subendometrial layer or junctional zone and an outer myometrial layer. Compared to the outer myometrial layer, the junctional zone myocytes are characteri…
article
1995
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prospectively the role of endovaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of adenomyosis and to identify predictive characteristics. SETTING: In Vitro Fertilisation Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. SUBJECTS: Fifty-six women w…
article
1995
The potential value of magnetic resonance imaging as a diagnostic tool in infertility was investigated. Twenty-six women with primary or secondary infertility and symptoms of dysmenorrhoea or menorrhagia were studied prospectively using con…
article
1995
ObjectiveTo determine the sensitivity and specificity of myometrial needle biopsies in the diagnosis of adenomyosis uteri in vitro.DesignEight needle biopsies and 8 corresponding myometrial blocks were taken from 27 hysterectomy specimens w…
review
1995
The myometrium is usually thought of as a homogeneous mass of smooth muscle fibres. However, magnetic resonance studies of the uterus have revealed two distinct zones--the subendometrial myometrium or junctional zone and the outer myometriu…
letter
1993