ObjectiveTo track the severity and location of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis throughout the reproductive-age years and to evaluate the association between these pain parameters and the stage of disease.DesignHistorical prospecti…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate what effect natural killer (NK) cells have on the implantation of heterologous endometrial scrapings. STUDY DESIGN: Anti-asialo GM1 (AA-GM1) anti-sera have been shown to eliminate NK cell activity in various strai…
Use of standard estrogen-progestin contraception remains problematic in several subgroups of patients (e.g., those in whom exogenous estrogens are contraindicated, such as survivors of hormone-dependent cancer, or patients with endometriosi…
OBJECTIVE: To review and evaluate published studies that have examined the role of peritoneal fluid (PF) in the development of endometriosis. DESIGN: Important studies related to this topic have been identified through a computerized bibli…
Thirty-eight women with pelvic endometriosis diagnosed by laparotomy or laparoscopy were enrolled in a double-blind study utilizing danazol. Danazol was administered for 6 months in four doses schedules: 600, 400, 200, and 100 mg/day. At th…