J S Cunha-Filho

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2001-2009

Study types

  • article 1
  • other 1
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 3
article 2009
Peritoneal and serum interleukin-18 levels are not increased in women with minimum or mild endometriosis
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas ·doi:10.1590/s0100-879x2009001100007

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a cytokine that belongs to the IL-1 family. Endometriosis is strongly associated with sub-fertility, and affects about 15% of women of reproductive age. IL-18 may favor the progression of endometriosis. The objecti…

rct 2002
Prolactin and growth hormone secretion after thyrotrophin-releasing hormone infusion and dopaminergic (DA2) blockade in infertile patients with minimal/mild endometriosis
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
Hyperprolactinemia and luteal insufficiency in infertile patients with mild and minimal endometriosis
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…