Norbert Gleicher

It is not uncommon that a published paper offers unintended insights, unnoticed by its authors. This was to a substantial degree the case with a recent publication addressing the effects of endometriosis on IVF. Using donor-recipient cycles…

The objective of this study was to determine the clinical sensitivity and specificity of a bubbling phenomenon, including peritoneal surfaces, as a diagnostic test for endometriosis during laparoscopy. A prospectively con-trolled study of w…

BackgroundFollicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) represent the two most frequently utilized laboratory tests in determining ovarian reserve (OR). This study determined the clinical significance of their concorda…

Recent medical literature has quite extensively addressed the use of various terminologies within the field of reproductive medicine. This discussion has, however, so far overlooked the fact that one of the most frequently made diagnosis, s…

ObjectiveTo investigate the possible etiologies of elevated tubal perfusion pressures.DesignAnalysis of 48 consecutive female patients with infertility who underwent laparoscopy and a gynecoradiological investigation as part of their infert…

The objective of this study was to determine the clinical sensitivity and specificity of a bubbling phenomenon, including peritoneal surfaces, as a diagnostic test for endometriosis during laparoscopy. A prospectively controlled study of wo…

The treatment approach towards endometriosis has been traditionally either surgical or hormonal in nature. Since endometriosis is, to a large extent, a microscopic disease, a surgical approach cannot be expected to eradicate the disease. Tr…

OBJECTIVE: To obtain the molecular weights (MW) of endometrial antigens eliciting immunoglobulin (Ig) G auto-antibodies in all endometriosis patients irrespective of their place of origin or race, and to verify their specificity and immunog…

In many ways endometriosis represents yet another form of unexplained infertility. The disease is clearly associated with a decrease in fecundity and while in advanced stages of the condition this infertility can be attributed to tubal fact…

Immunologic abnormalities may precede endometriosis and be involved in its pathophysiology especially as it relates to the occurrence of infertility and pregnancy loss. Many cases of unexplained infertility may represent undiagnosed endomet…

Endometriosis is generally regarded and treated as an endocrine and/or a surgical disease. Endocrine and surgical approaches to treatment are effective only in treating the symptoms of the disease and not its pathophysiology. Consequently, …

Patients with endometriosis demonstrate autoantibody abnormalities in their peripheral blood. Whether such abnormalities can also be detected in the peritoneal cavity, has not been established. We therefore investigated autoantibodies to 6 …

Abnormal polyclonal B cell activation has been demonstrated in patients with endometriosis. To determine whether the noted B cell abnormalities were primarily a feature of the disease endometriosis or its manifestations of infertility and p…

Abnormal lupus anticoagulant (LA) levels, as measured with the activated partial tissue thromboplastin and tissue thromboplastin inhibition tests, are associated with a predisposition toward thromboembolic phenomena. Thromboelastogram (TEG)…

Recent investigations suggested a possible immunologic etiology for endometriosis. To determine whether cellular immunity may be affected in patients with endometriosis, peripheral lymphocyte populations were investigated in 31 confirmed en…