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
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2007
Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Although the prevalence of endometriosis is well documented in women living in developed countries, studies on the preva…
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In women of reproductive age, health economic costs are estimated to be considerably higher for endometriosis than for conditions such as Crohn's disease, migraine and hypertension, and similar to the cost of diabetes. However, more awarene…
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2007
Recognizing endometriosis as a social disease: the European Union-encouraged Italian Senate approach
Started at the grassroot level, increased awareness and investment in research has resulted in unprecedented recognition of endometriosis by the European Parliament, taken up by the Italian Senate in a 5-year action plan. This offers welcom…
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2007
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease and estrogen-related pathways are imbalanced in women with endometriosis. One of the key enzymes in estrogen synthesis is aromatase. Inhibiting this pathway at several points is a promising ide…
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2007
Conclusions:The size of the 2 -5 mm follicle pool is an independent and important contributor to the FA of PCOS.This result could be explained by an exaggerated physiological inhibitory effect from this pool on the terminal follicle growth,…
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2007
10.2217/17455057.3.5.615 © part of Short biography Thomas D’Hooghe Clinical Head, Leuven University Fertility Center; Chair, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology Special Interest Group for Endometriosis; Editor-in-Chief, G…
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2007
In everyday clinical practice, it is not always clear if and when exactly in the fertility work-up a diagnostic laparoscopy should be offered. The aim of this review is to analyse the available evidence with respect to alternative diagnosti…
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2006
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2006
Endometriosis is a common, estrogen-dependent, gynaecological disease, defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. Although several medications are used for treatment of the disease, they are associated with high …
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2006
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review paper is to discuss the relationship between endometriosis and assisted reproductive technology. More specifically, the following clinically relevant issues will be discussed. (1) Does the presence …
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ObjectiveTo examine differential messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of relevant cytokines, metalloproteases, growth and adhesion factors in endometrium and peritoneum from women with endometriosis when compared with women without the disease d…
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2006
ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that the cumulative endometriosis recurrence rate (CERR) after fertility surgery for endometriosis stage III or IV is increased in women exposed to very high E(2) levels during ovarian hyperstimulation (OH) f…
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2006
Centres/networks of excellence are the only way forward to ensure that women with endometriosis receive consistent, evidence-based care, ensuring excellence, continuity of care, multi-disciplinarity, research, training and cost-effectivenes…
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2006
ObjectiveThe association between infertility and minimal to mild endometriosis is controversial and poorly understood. The clinical pregnancy rate (PR) per cycle after controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with or without intrauterine i…
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2006
BACKGROUND: The Olive baboon is a popular animal model for reproductive and surgical research. The Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya, has been using the animal for reproductive research for many years. In the baboon, compared wi…
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ObjectiveTo test the feasibility of ProteinChip (Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, CA) technology as a proteomic tool in discovering and identifying proteins that are differentially expressed in endometrium, endometriotic tissue, and nor…