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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is known to be associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. However, the occurrence of non-epithelial malignancies is uncommon. An elevated lesion in the descending colon was found in a 51-year-old woman w…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of oxidative stress on the quality of oocytes and embryos, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in granulosa cells was quantitatively studied during an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) …
Endometriosis is associated with marked subfertility and various causes for this subfertility have been previously studied. The poor quality of oocytes has been suggested as one possible cause. In this study, we evaluated the quality of ooc…
PurposeThe objective was to determine the effects of women's age on the ovarian fecundity as assessed by the incidence of apoptotic granulosa cells.MethodsTwenty-eight normo-ovulatory women underwent ovulation induction for standard IVF. Th…
PurposeThe aim was to investigate which ovarian hyperstimulation protocol performed in the same patients causes development of oocytes of good quality.MethodsTwenty normo-ovulatory women underwent three different controlled ovarian hypersti…
PurposeThis study was designed to examine whether hyaluronic acid (HA) inhibits apoptosis in cumulus and mural granulosa cells and to examine whether this effect of HA was mediated through CD44.MethodsMural and cumulus granulosa cells were …
ObjectiveTo determine whether folliculogenesis is impaired in patients with endometriosis.DesignProspective study.SettingYamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.Patient(s)Thirty women participating in an IVF program.Interven…