Ashraf Moini

Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease; the hallmark of inflammation is over-activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The regulatory effects of Resveratrol on MMPs were formerly depicted in other cell lines. This study aimed at inv…

Background: Endometriosis is a common chronic inflammatory, estrogen-dependent disease with characteristics similar to cancer. Epidemiological studies of the association between endometriosis and breast cancer have yielded inconsistent resu…

BACKGROUND: Establishment of a standardized animal endometriosis model is necessary for evaluation of new drug effects and for explaining different ethological aspects of this disease. For this purpose, we need a model which has more simila…

BACHGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease that affects quality of life for women. Several studies have revealed that both environmental and genetic factors contribute to the development of endometriosis. The aim of this s…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the levels of two oxidative stress (OS) markers including lipid peroxide (LPO) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in both serum and follicular fluid (FF) of women with endometriosis after puncture. …

Endometriosis is defined as the endometrial tissue growth (containing both glandular and stromal components) on the extra uterine places especially peritoneal and visceral surfaces of the pelvis. The current medical treatments are mainly ba…

AIM: Objective of the study was to evaluate the risk factors that influence the recurrence of endometrioma after laparoscopic excision. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed at Arash University Hospital between 2009 and 2011 on pat…

Background: To evaluate diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography and laparoscopy in the diagnosis of endometriosis. Patients and Methods: This was a prospective study of women scheduled for laparoscopy because of infertility assessmen…

I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on n: : Endometriosis is defined as overgrowth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis may be asymptomatic or associated with dysmenorrheal symptoms, dyspareunia, pelvic pain, abnormal…

Background: Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in sites other than the uterine cavity, which is associated with infertility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of laparoscopic surgical treatme…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glands and stroma in sites other than the uterine cavity, which is associated with infertility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of laparoscopic surgical treatme…

INTRODUCTION: Luteal phase support in assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles is still controversial. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding oral oestradiol to progesterone during ART cycles. MATERIAL AND MET…

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is the simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extrauterine pregnancies. It is a rare event in spontaneous pregnancies with an incidence of less than 1:15000 however the frequency has increased to 1% in accordance w…

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is the simultaneous occurrence of intra- and extrauterine pregnancies. It is a rare event in spontaneous pregnancies with an incidence of less than 1:15000, however the frequency has increased to 1 % in accordance…

PURPOSE: Pelvic inflammatory disease is a rare complication of transvaginal oocyte retrieval. It results in failure of assisted reproductive procedure. PATIENTS: During a 6-year period, 5958 transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrievals…