Fletcher NM

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2011-2014

Study types

  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114522550

Over the past several years, there has been increasing recognition that pathogenesis of adhesion development includes significant contributions of hypoxia induced at the site of surgery, the resulting oxidative stress, and the subsequent fr…

2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114522552

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumor in women. The goal of this study was to investigate whether nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NOX), a major source of superoxide and subsequent oxidative stress, was diffe…

2013
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-013-0029-7

PurposeFibroids are the most common smooth muscle overgrowth in women. This study determined the expression and the effect of hypoxia on two potent antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) on human fibroid cells.Me…

other 2011
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/s10815-011-9573-1

PURPOSE: To determine common molecular markers between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. METHODS: Patients included women who underwent laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriotic lesions (n = 7), healthy non-pregnant women with normal …

2011
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers ·doi:10.3233/cbm-2012-0255

ObjectiveThe study sought to identify whether a relationship exists between serum myeloperoxidase (MPO) and free iron with stages of ovarian cancer.MethodsSerum and tissue samples were collected from women with stages I through IV ovarian c…

2011
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719111414206

In this review, we discuss the pathophysiology of adhesion development, the impact of physiological changes associated with pregnancy on markers of adhesion development, and the clinical implications of adhesion development following cesare…