O1 The metabolomics approach to autism: identification of biomarkers for early detection of autism spectrum disorder A. K. Srivastava, Y. Wang, R. Huang, C. Skinner, T. Thompson, L. Pollard, T. Wood, F. Luo, R. Stevenson O2 Phenome-wide ass…
Nearly 10-15% of women in the reproductive age were affected by endometriosis and currently facing the unmet need of effective therapeutic interventions for its management. Concerning this, the present study was intended to investigate the …
Whether visceral organ cross-sensitization is involved in endometriosis-associated pain remains elusive. Previous studies have shown that visceral noxious stimuli may trigger a cascade of signal transductions in the rostral ventromedial med…
AIM: Ths study aims to explore the relationship between COX-2 gene polymorphism and the hereditary susceptibility or endoomeyriosis and adenomyosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Gene polymorphism in COX-2 gene was genotyped in 170 cases of endome…
Endometriosis is associated with an abnormal immune response to endometrial cells, which can facilitate the implantation and proliferation of ectopic endometrial tissue. The proportion of CD4(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) is signifi…
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the influence of mifepristone to caspase 3 expression in adenomyosis tissue. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty patients were equally divided into four groups. Groups 1, 2, and 3 were treated with 5, 10, and 15 mg mifepristo…
AIM To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of policresulen gel in treatment of cervical erosion.METHODS All the chosen patients with cercial erosion were randomly divided into trial group(policresulen gel) and control group(policresulen v…
BACKGROUND The recently identified human brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism was found to be associated with altered susceptibility to some neuropsychiatric disorders. Interestingly, BDNF together with its recepto…
Objective To study the effects of low dose mifelpristone on the treatment of endometriosis. Methods 38 patients with endometriosis were given mifelpristone 10mg per day within a period of 6 months. Clinical effects and the level of E2 and P…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the abnormal distribution of lymphocytes in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis and its significance. METHODS: In 43 cases, biopsies of ectopic tissues were taken by laparoscopy and lapar…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis contributes to infertility by impairing sperm motion and functional characteristics. METHODS: Women with endometriosis (n = 20) underwent laparoscopy for inferti…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether reactive oxygen species in peritoneal fluid might be a factor in infertility. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Andrology laboratory and gynecology clinic at a tertiary care facility. PATIENT(S): Women with…
Twenty-eight cases of abdominal scar endometriosis from January, 1980 to December, 1993 are reported. Of these patients, twenty-four underwent term cesarean section, and four underwent a midtrimester abortion by abdominal hysterotomy. The m…
Fourteen cases of endometriosis (Em) with infertility were studied by laparoscopy in our hospital from Dec. 1988 to Oct. 1989. 2 cases were minimal, 6 cases were moderate and 6 cases were severe. The salpingo examinations of 13 cases were n…