Prospective and retrospective clinical trials suggest a decreased oocyte and embryo quality in women with endometriosis. Based on these observations, the authors described an altered intrafollicular milieu in endometriosis, which explains t…
PurposeTo investigate the secretion of progesterone (P4) and corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) by granulosa luteal cells (GC) as well as the mRNA levels of CBG and 3beta hydroxisteroid dehydrogenase (3beta HSD), in women with and withou…
ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of severe endometriosis on IVF-ET outcome in women receiving oocytes from the-same donor.DesignA matched case-control study.SettingOocyte donation program at the Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad.Patient(s…
and the remammg 53 were non-cycling women. Cycling recipients underwent pituitary down-regulation using GnRH analogue from the midluteal phase of the previous cycle. All patients received hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) with increasing o…
ObjectiveTo assess the endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine milieu in patients with endometriosis on the basis of the measurement of several cytokines in serum and follicular fluid (FF) and in vitro culture of granulosa luteal cells.DesignCa…
ObjectiveTo analyze endometrial response (endometrial dating and implantation) to exogenous administration of E2-valerate and P in women with low response to gonadotropins undergoing oocyte donation.DesignProspective study. A cycle in which…