E P Passos

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1998-2003

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 3
article 2003
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg077

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is associated with pituitary-ovarian axis dysfunction. The study of the follicular fluid in patients with endometriosis is important to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanism of this disease. The objective of t…

rct 2002
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.4.960

BACKGROUND: The origin of infertility in patients with endometriosis without tubal occlusion has not yet been clearly defined. Several reports show an abnormal pituitary-ovarian axis in this group of patients. Moreover, prolactin (PRL) and …

other 2001
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme ·doi:10.1055/s-2001-14945

The objective of the present paper was to assess the presence of hormonal alterations in infertile women with stage I or II endometriosis (Group III, n = 20) compared to fertile women without endometriosis (Group I, n = 14) and to fertile w…

article 1999
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas ·doi:10.1590/s0100-879x1999000100009

The effect of peritoneal fluid (PF) on the human sperm acrosome reaction (AR) was tested. Sperm was pre-incubated with PF and the AR was induced by calcium ionophore A23187 and a neoglycoprotein bearing N-acetylglycosamine residues (NGP). T…

other 1998
Clinical biochemistry ·doi:10.1016/s0009-9120(98)00012-5

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the activity and biochemical properties of glycosidases in the peritoneal fluid of infertile patients with or without endometriosis in comparison with fertile women. DESIGN AND METHODS: Peritoneal fluid was colle…