OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin-D [25(OH)D] and female infertility and to further explore the role of inflammatory cytokines. METHOD: We recruited 356 infertile women diagnose…
Endometriosis, which affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age, is defined as endometrial-like gland and stroma tissue growths outside the uterine cavity. Despite increasing research efforts, there are no current effective treatment me…
Endometriosis is one of the main causes for female infertility. Previous studies suggested that perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of ubiquitous environmental chemicals with properties of endocrine disruption and reproductive toxici…
BackgroundBisphenol-A (BPA) is widely used and ubiquitous in the environment. Animal studies indicate that BPA affects reproduction, however, the gene-environment interaction mechanism(s) involved in this association remains unclear. We per…
OBJECTIVE: To study the effectiveness and safety of combined laparoscopy and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) in the treatment of endometriosis (EM). METHODS: From January to December 2010, 198 patients with EM undergoing tre…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence on ovarian reserve function in treatment of ovarian endometriotic cyst by laparoscopic cystectomy with various hemostasis management. METHODS: From September 2007 to August 2008, 61 patients with bila…
Objective:To study the influence on ovarian function after operation with electric coagulation in stripping endometriotic cyst under laparoscopy.Methods:39 patients with endometriotic cyst were chosen and performed with the hemostatic metho…
ObjectiveTo determine whether the expression of leukemia inhibitory factor during the implantation window in endometrial tissue and uterine flushing fluid of patients with adenomyosis differs from that of healthy fertile women.DesignExperim…