Johannes C. Huber
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· 19 papers in corpus
· active 1997-2011
Study types
- article 13
- review 4
- other 2
Condition tags
- endometriosis 14
- dysmenorrhea 2
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
- infertility 1
- dyspareunia 1
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article
2011
The influence of a combined estrogen-progestin regimen (Climodien) on noopsyche, thymopsyche, personality and psychophysiological measures of menopausal syndrome patients was investigated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparative, …
article
2011
ObjectiveTo establish the prevalence of endometriosis metastatic to pelvic sentinel lymph nodes (PSLN) in women with ovarian and/or peritoneal endometriosis.DesignProspective clinical study.SettingAcademic research institution.Patient(s)Wom…
article
2010
Preliminary studies have shown that systemic beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (betaHCG) therapy alleviates endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain. The underlying mechanism, however, is completely unknown. This study has investigated th…
article
2010
Family incidence of endometriosis in first-, second-, and third-degree relatives: case-control study
BACKGROUND: Initial publications examining the hereditary aspects of endometriosis appeared in the early seventies and demonstrated an up to seven-fold risk for endometriosis in first-degree relatives of endometriosis patients. The aim was …
review
2008
BACKGROUND: There is increasing awareness of the opportunity that many contraceptive interventions may provide for additional health benefits. However, treatment of medical problems with oral contraceptives (OCs) is often an 'off-label' pra…
article
2007
ObjectiveTo investigate alterations in the overall gene expression profile of endometriosis-derived stroma with increasing concentrations of hCG by using the Affymetrix GeneChip U133 Set.DesignIn vitro study.SettingAcademic research institu…
article
2005
OBJECTIVE: Genetic factors have been proposed as modulators of the timing of natural menopause. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes associated with thrombophilia and vascular homeostasis may interfere with ovarian function and t…
article
2005
OBJECTIVE: Genetic as well as hormonal factors are known to influence the development and clinical course of endometriosis. We aimed to investigate the association among 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in the estrogen met…
review
2004
The number of reports investigating disease susceptibility based on the carriage of low-penetrance, high-frequency polymorphisms has steadily increased over the last years. Evidence based on meta-analyses of individual case-control studies …
other
2004
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus. This condition causes painful periods, chronic pelvic pain, subfertility and a profound reduction in quality of life, especially durin…
article
2003
review
2003
Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease affecting up to 15% of women of reproductive age. This condition is characterized by the presence and growth of endometrial cells outside the uterus. Susceptibility to endometriosis depends on compl…
article
2003
Differences in sleep and awakening quality between 51 insomniac postmenopausal syndrome patients and normal controls were evaluated. In a subsequent double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparative, randomized, three-arm trial (Climodien 2/3 =…
article
2002
PurposeCatechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inactivates the estradiol metabolites, 2-hydroxy and 4-hydroxy catechols, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. A COMT valine to methionine polymorphism (G-to-A) in exon …
article
2002
ObjectiveTo investigate the association between the 306-base pair insertion polymorphism in intron G of the progesterone receptor (PROGINS) and endometriosis.DesignCase-control study.SettingTertiary care center.Patient(s)Ninety-five white w…
article
2002
Combined laparoscopic retrieval of immature oocytes and ovarian electrocautery represents a new management in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), one of the most prevalent endocrinopathies associated with anovulatory infertility…
other
2002
To explore whether having the mutant tumor necrosis factor (TNF)2 (G-308*A) and TNFA-A (G-238*A) alleles in the TNF-alpha gene promotor region is higher in women with endometriosis, we determined the respective genotype and allele frequenci…
article
2002
review
1997
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the literature on contraindications contained in pharmaceutical data sheets of five currently available oestrogen replacement preparations (HRT). These contraindications include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, liver…