Manfred Kaufmann

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 1999-2008

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2008
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590802242694

Membrane proteins of the claudin superfamily are important components of cellular tight and adherens junctions. Although their exact function remains unclear, these proteins may play a role in tissue remodeling, a process which is associate…

other 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.128

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the expression of WNT7A in human eutopic and ectopic endometrium. DESIGN: Experimental study using real-time polymerase chain reaction, laser microdissection, in situ hybridization, and immunofluorescence. SETTI…

article 2007
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590701556921

BACKGROUND: The metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of proteolytic enzymes involved in tissue remodeling and cell migration. Endometrial tissue remodeling proceeds during the menstrual cycle and requires a temporary and spatially balance…

article 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1303

ObjectiveTo illustrate the influence of pregnancy on primary umbilical endometriosis.DesignCase report.SettingGynecologic endocrinology outpatient department of a university hospital.Patient(s)27-year-old nulliparous woman.Intervention(s)Su…

review 2007
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1196/annals.1389.036

The uterus is composed of different smooth muscle layers that serve various functions. First, menstrual debris is expulsed at the time of the menses. Second, sperm is transported in the preovulatory phase to maximize fertility, and third, t…

article 2006
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1533

ObjectiveTo compare the expression of genes playing a decisive role during the embryonic development of the female genital tract (WNT4, WNT5A, WNT7A, PAX8) in the peritoneum of patients with endometriosis and control patients.DesignExperime…

article 2006
Women's health (London, England) ·doi:10.2217/17455057.2.5.705

During the use of long-cycle regimens of monophasic oral contraceptives, the total number of bleeding and cycle-dependent complaints is considerably lower than during conventional treatment with oral contraceptives. Despite an initially hig…

article 2004
·doi:10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00412.x

BACKGROUND: Uterine peristalsis sustains sperm transport and can be detected by hysterosalpingoscintigraphy (HSSG). This study is the first to be designed to investigate utero-tubal transport function by HSSG and uterine contractility by in…

article 1999
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation ·doi:10.1177/107155769900600510

ObjectiveOvarian cancer antigen CA 125 is used widely for diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation of ovarian cancer. Although the initial description of CA 125 was in 1981, its function is still unknown. In collagen gel system the invasivenes…