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BACKGROUND: In recent years, numerous studies have considered endometriosis to be a subclinical, local inflammatory process in the pelvic peritoneum, the main symptom of which is pain. OBJECTIVES: To assess pain intensity and pain-related …

INTRODUCTION: It has been recognized that environmental pollution can affect the quality of health of the human population. Heavy metals are among the group of highly emitted contaminants and their adverse effect of living organisms has bee…

OBJECTIVE: CA-125 protein is used as a marker in clinical practice for the diagnosis of endometriomas. The aim of this study was to determine whether endometriomas are accompanied by an increased level of urocortin, ghrelin, and leptin, as …

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, chronic disease consisting in implantation and hyperplasia of the endometrium outside of the uterine cavity Endometriosis in post-laparoscopic scars applies to approx. 0.5-7% of the extraorganic locat…

Human endometrium is a thick, blood vessel-rich, glandular tissue which undergoes cyclic changes and is potentially sensitive to the various endogenous and exogenous compounds supplied via the hematogenous route. As recently indicated, seve…

AIM: To assess the role of the Th1 and Th2 cellular response in the etiology of endometriosis observed in a rat model, with the use of the RESAN immunomodulator. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comparative analysis of cytokines in blood serum typi…

UNLABELLED: Endometriosis is an estrogen-related chronic condition which consists in the implantation and growth of endometrial cells outside the uterine cavity. It has an immune and inflammatory background, and to-date the precise etiopath…

ObjectiveThe objective was to assess the effectiveness of the newly developed immunomodulator RESAN in the prophylaxis and treatment of endometriosis induced in rats.Study designThe study was performed on 58 Wistar rats. Twelve weeks before…

UNLABELLED: Soluble ICAM-1 could play different roles in pathological mechanisms of human endometrium found in such diseases as endometriosis, spontaneous abortion and infertility. The aim of our study was to evaluate in vitro sICAM-1 secre…

The aim of our study was to analyse retrospectively 171 patients with gynaecological diseases, who have undergone barium enema examination in Third Teaching Hospital in Poznań between 1992 and 1998. 79 patients were diagnosed with ovarian t…

The study showed the treatment of superficial endometriosis of the uterine cervix in 54 women between November 1991 and January 1994. After first vaporisation 43 patients were cured successfully. In 8 cases vaporisation should be repeated a…

The authors described the results of treatment of erosions of the uterine cervix in 78 women with primary sterility with CO2-laser vaporisation in Department of Reproduction, Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Academy of Medicine, Pozn…