J M Mwenda

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus
review 2009
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719108322430

Endometriosis, defined as the ectopic presence of endometrial-like cells, is associated with infertility and pelvic pain in women. Whereas pathogenesis and spontaneous evolution of endometriosis are still poorly understood, recurrences afte…

review 2008
Current medicinal chemistry ·doi:10.2174/092986708784049595

Endometriosis, a chronic gynecologic disease frequently resulting in chronic pelvic pain, severe dysmenorrhoea, and subfertility, is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue at extrauterine locations, most commonly on the peritoneum an…

article 2006
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/del044

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), are important in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. We assessed the efficacy of anti-TNF monoclonal antibody (mAb, c5…

article 2004
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation
article 2004
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

Endometriosis is gynaecological disorder, characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is the most common cause of pelvic pain and occurs in 20-25% of women with infertility. Although Sampson first descri…