Tarlatzis BC

Immunological factors appear to play an important role in the development of endometriosis, as evidenced by the aberrant functioning of immune cells often observed in affected women. Although endometriosis is not classified as an autoimmune…

Previous studies have shown that patients with a history of endometriosis have an increased susceptibility for developing a big number of comorbidities, including various autoimmune diseases. Endometriosis is a complex, inflammatory, estrog…

Immune-related factors may serve an important role in the development of endometriosis, considering the occurrence of substantial abnormalities in the immune system of women with endometriosis, including reduced T-cell reactivity and natura…

Patients with a history of endometriosis have an increased risk of developing various autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis and celiac disease. There is a …

BackgroundWomen who achieve pregnancy by ART show an increased risk of obstetric and perinatal complications compared with those with spontaneous conception (SC).Objective and rationaleThe purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis…

Given the involvement of different extracellular matrix (ECM) metalloproteinases (MMPs) in endometriosis, the protein expression pattern of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP3) was analyzed in this study in endometriosis and norm…

OBJECTIVE: Kisspeptins are multifunctional peptides; it has been shown that they act as inhibitors of tumor metastasis in a range of cancers and that they are also involved in cell invasion through regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (M…

ObjectiveTo analyze the expression pattern of metastasis suppressors KAI1 and KISS1 in the endometrium of patients with and without endometriosis.Study designIn this pilot study, tissue samples were prospectively collected from 38 patients …

PurposeTo compare reproductive outcomes following conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in poor responders fulfilling the Bologna criteria, with a single oocyte retrieved.MethodsThe present re…

BACKGROUND: A possible etiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer has been repeatedly reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate published epidemiological data on this issue. REVIEW METHODS: We co…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detection of myomas and adenomyosis of the uterus. DESIGN: Prospective cohort observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SE…

The role of sex steroid hormones in reproductive function in women is well established. However, in the last two decades it has been shown that receptors for estrogens, progesterone and androgens are expressed in non reproductive tissue /or…

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of two different laparoscopic methods on ovarian reserve in patients with ovarian endometriomas.DesignProspective, randomized clinical trial.SettingEndoscopy unit of a university hospital.Patient(s)Twenty …

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether endometriosis and cancer share common molecular characteristics. Tissue samples were collected prospectively during diagnostic laparoscopy of patients with primary infertility. Using h…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To provide the clinician with updated knowledge of the most recent findings on the clinical use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists. RECENT FINDINGS: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists, which have recen…

Fertility, defined as the ability to achieve a pregnancy, declines gradually over the woman's lifespan. Although this decline seems to begin from the age of 30 years, it is more obvious between 35 and 40 and increases dramatically thereafte…

Ovarian pregnancy is a rare variant of ectopic implantation. A case of an intrafollicular ovarian pregnancy after ovulation induction/intrauterine insemination is presented. The woman had primary infertility of 4 years. Diagnostic laparosco…

Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists have had a profound impact on infertility treatment by in vitro fertilization and related procreation techniques. Its combination with human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) for superovulation h…