Yussman MA

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 1985-1995

Study types

  • article 6
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • infertility 3
other 1995
A prospective study on the association between red hair color and endometriosis in infertile patients
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57809-1

OBJECTIVE: To determine if red-haired infertile women have an increased prevalence of endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, nonblinded. SETTING: Large, metropolitan, private hospital, associated with a university. Subspeciality care provide…

article 1994
Endometriosis after neosalpingostomy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(94)70160-1

A patient seen for infertility developed severe endometriosis within 2 years of neosalpingostomy for bilateral fallopian tube obstruction. A retrospective review of infertility surgeries revealed none of 20 patients with obstructed tubes to…

article 1992
Substance P in peritoneal fluid
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(92)91852-2

Substance P is a neuropeptide that has been identified in the ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, and vagina and in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis in both an animal model and human ovaries. We sought to determine if substance P is present in pe…

article 1992
The expression of human chorionic gonadotropin/human luteinizing hormone receptors in ectopic human endometrial implants.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem.75.4.1400884

Our laboratory previously demonstrated that normal human endometrium contains hCG/human LH receptors. Since ectopic endometrial implants in endometriosis arise directly at least in part from uterine endometrium, we investigated whether the …

other 1988
Interference in the measurement of CA-125 in peritoneal fluid
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59791-x

CA-125 has been found to be mildly elevated in the serum of patients with advanced stages of endometriosis, but not with minimal endometriosis. Peritoneal fluid levels were measured in conjunction with serum levels in 12 consecutive patient…

article 1987
Peritoneal fluid volume, estrogen, progesterone, prostaglandin, and epidermal growth factor concentrations in patients with and without endometriosis
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(87)90045-2

Elevated prostaglandin (PG) levels in peritoneal fluid have been implicated as playing a role in infertility associated with endometriosis. This study was designed to measure peritoneal fluid levels of PG and other hormones that may influen…

article 1986
Endometriosis in association with uterine anomaly
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(86)90389-3

Endometriosis is frequently a chronic process, which may begin soon after menarche. The process may be enhanced by mechanical obstruction. Theories of retrograde menstruation and metaplasia still remain in vogue. Endometriosis is a cause of…

article 1985
Fertility after conservative treatment of endometriosis.
The Journal of reproductive medicine

The charts of 128 infertile patients with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis for the seven years ending in June 1980 were reviewed. The patients were staged according to the American Fertility Society classification. All couples under…