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No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus
article 1992
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00001703-199204000-00003

Proximal, distal, and peritubal damage can be caused by a number of pathologic processes such as inflammation, endometriosis, and surgical trauma. The diagnosis of tubal occlusion relies primarily on hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, and…

article 1990
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53274-9

Patients with endometriosis demonstrate autoantibody abnormalities in their peripheral blood. Whether such abnormalities can also be detected in the peritoneal cavity, has not been established. We therefore investigated autoantibodies to 6 …

article 1989
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(89)90858-2

Abnormal polyclonal B cell activation has been demonstrated in patients with endometriosis. To determine whether the noted B cell abnormalities were primarily a feature of the disease endometriosis or its manifestations of infertility and p…

article 1989
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Abnormal lupus anticoagulant (LA) levels, as measured with the activated partial tissue thromboplastin and tissue thromboplastin inhibition tests, are associated with a predisposition toward thromboembolic phenomena. Thromboelastogram (TEG)…

other 1987
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(88)90292-5

Among 59 laparoscopically staged endometriosis patients, 28.8% tested positive for antinuclear antibody. Of 44 patients, 45.5% were lupus anticoagulant positive (greater than 1.3) and 20.5% were within a borderline range (1.2-1.3). Antinucl…

article 1985
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(85)90700-8

The development of endometriosis in the area of a previous bladder wall injury is described. This represents the first documented case of endometriosis occurring after such injury.

other 1984
Acta Europaea fertilitatis

Fifty two consecutive women underwent microsurgical reconstruction of the tubes. Thirty one percent conceived and 19% delivered live infants. Medical history suggestive of pelvic infection was obtained in 44% of the women. Fifty four percen…