C A Souza

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
article 2010
Follicular-fluid anti-Müllerian hormone concentration is similar in patients with endometriosis compared with non-endometriotic patients
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.05.007

This cross-sectional prospective study assessed follicular-fluid anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations in infertile patients with mild/minimal endometriosis during natural IVF. Thirty-two women participated in the study. Patients were…

article 2009
Peritoneal and serum interleukin-18 levels are not increased in women with minimum or mild endometriosis
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas ·doi:10.1590/s0100-879x2009001100007

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a cytokine that belongs to the IL-1 family. Endometriosis is strongly associated with sub-fertility, and affects about 15% of women of reproductive age. IL-18 may favor the progression of endometriosis. The objecti…

rct 2002
Prolactin and growth hormone secretion after thyrotrophin-releasing hormone infusion and dopaminergic (DA2) blockade in infertile patients with minimal/mild endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.4.960

BACKGROUND: The origin of infertility in patients with endometriosis without tubal occlusion has not yet been clearly defined. Several reports show an abnormal pituitary-ovarian axis in this group of patients. Moreover, prolactin (PRL) and …