A J Audebert

Since the initial description of endometriosis, several histogenetic theories have been put forward. Endometriosis has been attributed either to coelomic metaplasia, or to embryonic remnants or to the dissemination by various routes and sub…

The hidden forms of endometriosis, especially the microscopic or non visible endometriosis, are entities presenting difficult problems for the diagnosis and sometimes the selection of a treatment; non visible endometriosis seems to be more …

The progressive improvements in the results and extra simplification of the recent techniques for in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer (IVFET) have contributed to broadening the indications for this method of assisted reproduction. En…

The form of sterility which is called "unexplained" is an entity which acquires various definitions as our knowledge and means of exploration gradually progress. At the moment, the frequency of this type of sterility if of about 10% of case…

The authors present a clinical study of 62 infertile patients with endometriotic lesions diagnosed in all cases by laparoscopy. The large variety of lesions and the high incidence in this series of tumorous or tubal lesions, led in 39 cases…

Danazol (2-3 isoxazole-17 beta ethinyltestosterone) is an antigonadotropin used to treat endometriosis. It has a half-life of 4.4 hours in humans. It has no known teratogenic or embryotoxic effects. Danazol use causes slight alterations of …