Mary Hammond

ORCID: 0000-0002-8481-1032 · 7 papers in corpus · active 1982-1993

Study types

  • article 6
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • mesh:D004715 3
  • infertility 2
article 1993
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(93)90356-n
article 1985
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem-61-5-912

Macrophages have been identified in the developing corpus luteum in several species, including man, and also constitute approximately 90% of cells in the peritoneal cavity. We studied the effect of peritoneal macrophages or blood monocytes …

review 1984
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48129-x
article 1984
Obstetrics and gynecology

Blood was found in the peritoneal fluid in 90% of women with patent tubes at laparoscopy during perimenstrual time. If the fallopian tubes were occluded, then only 15% of patients had evidence of blood in the pelvis. Also, 90% of patients w…

article 1983
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(83)90720-2
article 1982
·doi:10.1097/00006254-198210000-00016

A recent report states that the number of macrophages in peritoneal fluid is higher in infertile women, with or without endometriosis, than it is in fertile women. Activated macrophages are postulated to affect fertility by phagocytosis or …

article 1982
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(16)32537-6