Wild RA

Study questionWhat is the association between reproductive health history (e.g. age at menarche, menopause, reproductive lifespan) with abdominal adiposity in postmenopausal women?Summary answerHigher visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcu…

ObjectiveTo investigate the association of infertility with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) among postmenopausal participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). We hypothesized that nulliparity and pregnancy loss may rev…

ObjectiveTo determine if chronic inflammation, assessed by basal high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels, is associated with pregnancy outcomes in women with unexplained infertility undergoing ovarian stimulation with intrauteri…

Study questionAre intrauterine insemination (IUI) performance characteristics and post-processing total motile sperm count (TMC) related to live birth rate in couples with unexplained infertility?Summary answerPatient discomfort with IUI an…

OBJECTIVE: To review postmenopausal hormone therapy for women who have undergone hysterectomy with or without bilateral oophorectomy and to make clinical recommendations regarding changes in regimens compared with those for women with their…

ObjectiveTo investigate the presence and clinical association of serum autoantibodies to carbonic anhydrase (CA) in women with and without endometriosis.DesignSera were tested in an ELISA against human and bovine CAI and/or CAII isoenzymes …

ObjectiveWe have previously reported on the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) on the adhesion of human endometrial stromal cells to peritoneal mesothelial cells in vitro. The relevance of this co-cu…

ObjectiveTo assess the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on adhesion of endometrial stromal cells to peritoneal mesothelial cells, a possible step leading to endometriosis.DesignAnalysis of cell adhesion in vitro.SettingUni…

To evaluate the usefulness of autoantibody detection as a nonoperative method of diagnosing endometriosis, we tested 221 sera from 215 patients from the infertility, gynecology, and gynecologic oncology services by an indirect immunofluores…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if methodological reasons explain previous inability of a single investigator to detect antiendometrial antibodies in patients with endometriosis by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF). DESIGN: Sera of selected patien…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if endometrial tissue specific complement (C) activation occurs in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective. SETTING: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, a tertiary care referral center. PATIENT…

Endometriosis has been shown to be associated with increased number and activity of peritoneal macrophages. The peritoneal macrophage-conditioned media from 33 women with or without endometriosis were studied for their effects on an endomet…

Detection of endometrial antibodies using an indirect immunofluorescence method along with a well-established human endometrial carcinoma cell line was evaluated and compared with CA-125 for detecting endometriosis. Two hundred two patient …

ObjectiveTo determine if the low titer antiendometrial antibody detection by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) in the sera of patients with endometriosis is because of specific antigen-antibody interactions.DesignSera of selected patients s…

This investigation examined the association between pelvic endometriosis and altered basal body temperature (BBT). The study population consisted of infertile women who have been diagnosed as having endometriosis. A significant association …

The frequency of tubal variations was recorded in 100 infertile and 100 fertile women at cesarean section. The infertile women had significantly more tubal/pelvic anatomical variation than did their fertile counterparts. Fimbrial agglutinat…

Although implicated in the etiology of unexplained infertility, a primary role for antibodies to zona pellucida antigens remains uncertain. We therefore prospectively studied 21 infertility patients found to have significant anti-zona pellu…

ABSTRACT: Antiendometrial antibodies have been demonstrated in patients with endometriosis. As a further step in understanding the immunological alterations against the endometrium, isolated glandular and stromal monolayer endometrial cell …

Sera from 42 patients complaining of infertility were evaluated by indirect immunofluorescence for the presence of antibodies to the endometrium. The presence or absence of antibodies was matched with the findings at laparoscopy. Of the 42 …