Thomas D’Hooghe
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· 255 papers in corpus
· active 1991-2026
Study types
- article 181
- review 35
- letter 11
- book-chapter 8
- other 6
Condition tags
- endometriosis 229
- infertility 37
- dysmenorrhea 9
- chronic_pelvic_pain 8
- dyspareunia 6
- adenomyosis 3
- endometrioma 2
- die_deep_infiltrating 2
- disambig:endometritis 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- D'Hooghe TM 88
- Catherine Meuleman 80
- Cleophas K. Kyama 54
- Amelie Fassbender 53
- D'Hooghe T 52
- Meuleman C 45
- Célia Fabiola Tomassetti 44
- Fassbender A 36
- Jason M. Mwenda 31
- Van Langendonckt A 29
other
2026
2025
Study questionWhat are the trial characteristics, geographic distribution, and selected methodological issues of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in infertility published from 2012 to 2023?Summary answerOf the 1425 infertility RCTs, over…
review
2024
Any ASRM stage [19] of en-dometriosis, any menstrual stage and any technique for miRNA expression analysis were allowed. Participant or population Patients with endometriosis.Intervention Assesment of circulating biomarkers.Comparator Asymp…
review
2024
The aim of this systematic review is to assess the power of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers as a diagnostic tool in endometriosis. In endometriosis-suspected women with uncertain imaging, the only way to confirm or exclude endometriosis wi…
preprint
2024
ABSTRACT Background Endometriosis is a complex disease, and its pathophysiology is still unclear. Therefore, endometriosis animal models need to be carefully selected and examined to be useful for identification of novel therapies for women…
other
2023
BACKGROUND: Several GnRH antagonist protocols are currently used during COS in the context of ART treatments; however, questions remain regarding whether these protocols are comparable in terms of efficacy and safety. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONA…
other
2022
2022
Study questionWhich success rates do female and male IVF patients expect, what determines their expectations and do patients reconsider their expectations after receiving a personal IVF prognosis at the expense of anxious reactions?Summary …
review
2021
STUDY QUESTION: Is there a shared genetic or causal association of endometriosis with asthma or what biological mechanisms may underlie their potential relationships? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our results confirm a significant but non-causal associat…
article
2021
Abstract Study question Is endometriosis related to worse outcome of assisted reproductive techniques (ART)? Summary answer Cumulative incidence of live birth in patients with and without endometriosis at laparoscopy was similar, although d…
2021
Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) play complementary roles in follicle development and ovulation via a complex interaction in the hypothalamus, anterior pituitary gland, reproductive organs, and oocytes. Impair…
article
2021
STUDY QUESTION: Does ultra-long downregulation with a GnRH agonist (triptorelin depot) in previously operated patients with endometriosis improve the rate of clinical pregnancy with positive fetal heart beat (CPHB) in the subsequent initiat…
erratum
2020
book-chapter
2020
Endometriosis is a chronic oestrogen-dependent gynaecological disease present in approximately 10% of women of reproductive age and up to 30–50% of women with infertility and/or pain. It is defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue…
article
2020
STUDY QUESTION: Can the Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) be estimated accurately before surgery? SUMMARY ANSWER: The EFI can be estimated accurately based on mere clinical/ultrasound information, with some improvement after adding data f…
article
2020
Evidence from observational studies indicates that endometriosis and depression often co-occur. However, conflicting evidence exists, and the etiology as well as biological mechanisms underlying their comorbidity remain unknown. Utilizing g…
letter
2020
article
2020
A noninvasive diagnostic test for endometriosis is needed to shorten the current diagnostic delay of 8-11 years. The goal of this study was to discover new biomarkers for endometriosis using an antibody array approach. A total of 103 plasma…
article
2019
STUDY QUESTION: Does the GnRH antagonist, ASP1707, reduce endometriosis-associated pelvic pain? SUMMARY ANSWER: ASP1707 significantly reduced endometriosis-associated pelvic pain in a dose-related manner. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: GnRH agonist…
review
2019
Endometriosis is an important gynecological disease, affecting 10% of reproductive age women, and associated with pain, infertility, reduced quality of life, and high health economic cost. Except for ultrasound detection of ovarian endometr…
article
2019
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common disorder that affects 6-10% of reproductive age women. In a previous study, we demonstrated that a polymorphism in let-7 microRNA-binding site in the 3' untranslated region of the KRAS gene was found in…
article
2019
STUDY QUESTION: Can plasma miRNAs be used for the non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis in infertile women? SUMMARY ANSWER: miRNA-based diagnostic models for endometriosis failed the test of independent validation. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: …
article
2019
Object:\nTo assess the impact of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity.\n\nDesign:\nMulticentre cross-sectional study with prospective recruitment.\n\nSetting:\nSixteen clinical centers in ten countri…
article
2019
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reproducibility of the Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI). DESIGN: Single-cohort prospective observational study. SETTING: University hospital. POPULATION: Women undergoing laparoscopic resection of any rASRM-sta…
article
2019
OBJECTIVE: To compare the value of using one-stop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs standard radiological imaging as a supplement to transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) for the preoperative assessment of patients with endometriosis referre…