Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) was performed on 77 women with endometriosis in 92 cycles with or without concomitant laser therapy or electrofulguration of endometriosis. The pregnancy rates were 45% for laser cases, 25% for electrof…
From March 1984 to February 1987, 109 patients with otherwise normal infertility evaluations (semen analysis, postcoital test, endometrial biopsy, hysterosalpingogram and/or hysteroscopy, and laparoscopy) underwent serial ultrasound (US) fo…
The production of prolactin by explants of late secretory endometrium has been correlated with the extent of decidual differentiation. This correlation is strengthened by the observation that luteal phase defective endometrium produces less…
YING, YU-KANG; WALTERS, CLIFFORD A.; KUSLIS, SALLY; LIN, JINN-TYAN; DALY, DOUGLAS C.; RIDDICK, DANIEL H. Author Information
Decidua obtained in the late luteal phase of the human menstrual cycle has been shown to produce immunoreactive prolactin (PRL). The amount of PRL produced is a function of the extent of decidual differentiation. Further, the maintenance of…
In many species of mammals, blastocyst implantation stimulates a decidual reaction in which fibrocytic elements within the stroma of the endometrium differentiate into epitheloid decidual cells. In women, decidualization begins under the in…