Christel Meuleman

No ORCID on file · 120 papers in corpus · active 1992-2026

Study types

  • article 84
  • review 18
  • other 8
  • letter 5
  • book-chapter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 110
  • infertility 19
  • die_deep_infiltrating 6
  • dyspareunia 5
  • dysmenorrhea 5
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • bowel_endometriosis 3
  • endometrioma 3
  • adenomyosis 2
  • disambig:endometritis 1
article 2006
No difference in cycle pregnancy rate and in cumulative live-birth rate between women with surgically treated minimal to mild endometriosis and women with unexplained infertility after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.01.044
article 2006
Plasma levels of IL-6, IL-8, TNF-alfa, CA 125, CA 19-9 and CRP in endometriosis: their true diagnostic potential
article 2006
ProteinChip technology is a useful method in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of endometriosis: a preliminary study
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.024
letter 2006
Why We Need a Noninvasive Diagnostic Test for Minimal to Mild Endometriosis with a High Sensitivity
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000093120

tion has oft en been criticized, there is currently no better method available. Th e stage of endometriosis is positively correlated with the degree of subfertility, but not or not as clearly with the degree of pelvic pain [4–6] . Surgical …

article 2005
High pregnancy rate, improved pain, quality of life/sexuality, and low recurrence rate after multidisciplinary radical laparoscopic resection of deep and colorectal endometriosis
review 2004
Future Directions in Endometriosis Research
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1196/annals.1335.034

A bstract : Endometriosis is an important gynecological disease, pathologically defined by the ectopic presence of both endometrial glands and stroma, and clinically associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Our current knowledge of the …

article 2003
Direcciones futuras de la investigación de la endometriosis
review 2003
Endometriosis and Subfertility: Is the Relationship Resolved?
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-2003-41330

There are many arguments to support the hypothesis that there is a causal relationship between the presence of endometriosis and subfertility. These arguments are reviewed in this article and include: (1) an increased prevalence of endometr…

review 2003
Future directions in endometriosis research
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(02)00063-3

Future research in endometriosis must focus on pathogenesis studies in the baboon model, the early interactions between endometrial and peritoneal cells in the pelvic cavity at the time of menstruation, and potential differences between eut…

article 2002
In-vitro adhesion of endometrium to autologous peritoneal membranes: effect of the cycle phase and the stage of endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/17.10.2523

BACKGROUND: Endometrium can adhere to autologous peritoneum. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of the menstrual cycle phase and the presence and stage of endometriosis on in-vitro adhesion of endometrium onto autologous peri…

article 2000
Prevalence and Spontaneous Evolution of Subacute Focal Endometritis in Infertile Women
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00891-8
article 2000
Quantity and Quality of Retrograde Menstruation: Red Blood Cells, Inflammation and Peritoneal Cells
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(00)01054-2
article 1996
Diagnosis of deep endometriosis by clinical examination during menstruation and plasma CA-125 concentration
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58086-8
article 1996
Diagnosis of deep endometriosis by clinical examination during menstruation and plasma CA-125 concentration.
Fertility and Sterility

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a clinical examination during menstruation and plasma CA-125 concentrations to diagnose deep endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study in 61 women scheduled for a laparoscopy, a retrospective study in 140 women with d…

article 1996
Endometriosis: Complications of CO2-laser endoscopic excision of deep endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019087

The complications during and following endoscopic excision of deep endometriosis were analysed. The data of 225 excisions performed in 212 women had been collected prospectively into a database immediately following surgery and during the f…

article 1994
CO2‐laser excision of endometriosis does not improve the decreased natural killer activity
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016349409015774

OBJECTIVE: We recently described a decreased lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity to autologous endometrium and to natural killer-sensitive targets in women with endometriosis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the def…

article 1993
Angiogenic activity of peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55859-2
review 1993
CA 125 in the management of endometriosis
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/0028-2243(93)90134-x
article 1993
Immunosuppressive activity of peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis.
Obstetrics and gynecology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the immunosuppressive effect of peritoneal fluid and follicular fluid on both natural killer-mediated cytotoxicity and phytohemagglutinin-induced lymphocyte proliferation. METHODS: The peritoneal fluid of women wit…

article 1992
CO2-laser excision of endometriosis does not improve the decreased natural killer activity
·doi:10.3109/01658109209058106

Objective. We recently described a decreased lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity to autologous endometrium and to natural killer-sensitive targets in women with endometriosis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the def…