RESEARCH QUESTION: Is the profile of microRNA (miRNA) altered in cumulus cells of infertile women with early (EI/II) and advanced (EIII/IV) endometriosis? DESIGN: In this prospective case-control study, a miRNA profile including 754 target…
Introduction Infertility has a high prevalence in the general population, affecting ∼ 5 to 15% of couples in reproductive age. The assisted reproduction techniques (ART) include in vitro manipulation of gametes and embryos and are an import…
Purpose To evaluate whether women with endometriosis have different ovarian reserves and reproductive outcomes when compared with women without this diagnosis undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI), an…
Os mecanismos da infertilidade relacionada à endometriose ainda não foram esclarecidos, embora diversos estudos proponham um efeito deletério desta doença sobre a qualidade oocitária (QO). No entanto, a análise de oócitos em pacientes com e…