Fernanda S Cavalcante

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2014-2015

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
article 2015
Leptin, its receptor and aromatase expression in deep infiltrating endometriosis
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/s13048-015-0180-0

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the leptin levels in the serum and peritoneal fluid (PF) and the protein expression in three different peritoneal ectopic implants in patients who underwent surgery for deep infiltrating end…

article 2014
Increased expression of the leptin receptor in human ovaries affected by endometrioma and detection of high levels of leptin in the ovarian endometriomal fluid
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/1757-2215-7-2

BACKGROUND: This study was designed to investigate leptin levels in the fluid in ovarian endometriomas (OEs) and to compare the expression of leptin and its receptors (OBR) in ovarian tissue affected by endometrioma in infertile women to it…