Cathepsins are powerful proteases, once referred to as the lysosomal cysteine proteases, that have been implicated in breast cancer invasion and metastasis, but pharmaceutical inhibitors have suffered failures in clinical trials due to adve…
PurposeTo provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.Materials and methodsA systematic review of the literature using the MEDLINE® database (search dates 1/1/83-7/22/09) was c…
PURPOSE: We report the clinical characteristics and the principles of laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with ureteral endometriosi…
BACKGROUND: Extragenital endometriosis is an uncommon condition that can affect almost any organ system and tissue in the human body. Disease involving multiple distant sites is extremely uncommon. METHODS: We report a rare case of synchron…