BackgroundInfertility affects 15%-25% of all couples during their reproductive life span. It is a significant societal and public health problem with potential psychological, social, and economic consequences. Furthermore, infertility has b…
CONTEXT: FSH receptor (FSHR), besides being expressed in gonads, is also expressed in some extragonadal tissues at low levels. OBJECTIVE: We examined the functional expression of FSHR in different types of endometriotic lesions. DESIGN: Ext…
BACKGROUND: Subfertile women with endometriosis have been reported to demonstrate impaired follicular growth, ovulatory dysfunction and disturbed LH patterns. In addition, abnormal LH and/or LH receptors have been linked with endometriosis-…
Department of Physiology, University of Turku, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
Thirty-five women who had been operated on for mild or moderate endometriosis were evaluated through 40 menstrual cycles by daily measurements of salivary progesterone concentrations. As controls, 17 women with normal ovulatory cycles and n…