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No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus
article 2021
La Clinica terapeutica ·doi:10.7417/ct.2020.2266

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible associations between serum endocan levels and endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 60 women with histologically proven endometriosis and 40 women who underwent laparoscopy due to unexplained infertilit…

article 2004
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-004-0688-9

BackgroundIn endometriosis, angiogenesis is a crucial step for implantation of the exfoliates. A priori potential to induce angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression was compared in eutopic endometrium of patients…

article 2004
Anticancer research

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation in endometriosis is a rare but well known complication. However, detailed mechanisms of malignant transition and tumourigenesis in endometriosis remain unknown. We here describe the case of an endometrio…

review 2003
Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie ·doi:10.1055/s-2003-42278

The pathogenesis of endometriosis is dependent on implantation. Therefore, angiogenesis of the ectopic endometrium is discussed as a crucial step in the development of an endometriotic lesion. It is not only the main condition for implantat…

other 2003
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60240-x

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of diagnosing minimal and mild endometriosis under routine conditions, and to determine to what extent disease activity is taken into account. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force…

article 2002
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61590-8

Endometriosis is an oestrogen-dependent disease that is treatable by oestrogen withdrawal, a therapy that has been effectively provided by the use of a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist. Complete oestrogen withdrawal results in…

letter 2001
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1067/mob.2001.112861
article 2001
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02898-9

ObjectiveTo evaluate changes in expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA in human endometrial explants in a chicken chorioallantoic membrane model of endometriosis.DesignExperimental prospective study.SettingUnive…

article 2000
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/15.3.584

The chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) is a useful model for the fluorescence diagnosis of experimentally induced endometriosis. In our experimental setup 75.7% of the histologically examined tissue preparations were viable and only 24.3% showe…

other 2000
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s004640000160

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of nonpigmented endometrial lesions by simple laparoscopic visualization is difficult and often inaccurate. We therefore sought to establish a new and more accurate method to visualize these nonpigmented peritoneal…

article 2000
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s004649900017

BackgroundAdhesions are believed to be one of the principal causes of chronic pelvic pain. Although there may be some discrepancy between the degree of adhesions and the severity of the symptoms, surgical adhesiolysis is still considered to…

article 1997
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/12.6.1298

The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome comprises the combined hypoplasia of the vagina and the uterus. In recent years, variable anomalies of the development of the Mullerian duct [as classified by the American Fertility Society…