María Ruggiero

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Microbiota modification at the endometrial level can favor gynecological diseases and impair women's fertility. The overgrowth of pathogen microorganisms is related to the contemporary alteration of estrogen-metaboliz…

Purpose Endometriosis may influence different aspects of reproductive physiology including folliculogenesis, ovulation, embryo quality, and fertilization. Recent data demonstrate that patients with endometriosis-associated infertility under…

The development of new blood vessels represents a crucial step during the establishment of endometriosis because endometriotic implants require neovascularization to guarantee oxygen and essential nutrient supply (Groothuis et al., 2005; Mc…

The aim of this article is to clarify the different strategies used to induce controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in some groups of difficult-to-treat patients, namely poor-responder patients, polycystic ovarian patients and endometriosis p…

An imbalance between pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors is hypothesized in the pathogenesis of ovarian cystic disease. The aim of the following study was to explore the possible role of free vascular endothelial growth factor recept…