European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
· ISSN (e) 1872-7654
· 881 papers in corpus
observational
2007
OBJECTIVE: Women with endometriosis often have pain symptoms that seemingly do not relate to the stage of disease. It has been suggested that psychological factors may contribute to this disproportion. The purpose of this study was to compa…
lab-animal
2007
OBJECTIVE: Over-production of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays an important role in the positive feedback loop that leads to proliferation and inflammation in endometriosis. Following our observation that histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACI…
other
2007
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of interleukin-2 (IL-2) on an experimental model of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Double blind and randomized experimental prospective placebo-controlled study. Experimental endometriosis was induced in 66 …
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: In the present study we aimed to describe apoptosis patterns in eutopic endometrium in women suffering from endometriosis in order to assess its value as a marker of early forms of endometriosis, and also to try to answer whether…
rct
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of adjuvant treatment with gonadotropin-releasing-hormone agonist (GnRHa) following conservative surgical treatment of endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Sixty patients in the reproductive age (mean age 28.6 ye…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine whether women with endometriosis have greater subclinical atherosclerosis than the general population. STUDY DESIGN: This case-control study included 66 women with endometriosis and 66 controls match…
case-report
2006
observational
2006
OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to estimate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in subfertile couples and to study the relationship between markers of C. trachomatis infection and male infertility as well as pregnancy rates af…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate for the presence of lactoferrin (LTF) in peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with and without endometriosis. PATIENTS: Seventy-eight women were studied, including 49 women with endometriosis and, …
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: To assess the concentrations of interleukin-15 (IL-15) in peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis and fertile disease-free controls. STUDY DESIGN: Peritoneal fluid samples were obtained from 50 women with endometriosis an…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: We present a retrospective analysis of 22 cases of endometrioid ovarian carcinoma, reviewed to identify endometriosis and its malignant transformation. STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-two patients with endometrioid ovarian cancer were incl…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: The objective was to investigate the expression of heparanase (Hpa) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: In ectopic and eutopic endometrium of patients undergoing laparoscopy for endometriosis (n=86) and in…
nonrandomized-trial
2006
OBJECTIVE: Ovarian endometrioma recurrence is frequent. Conventional treatment of ovarian endometrioma is by surgical cystectomy. We proposed an alternative medical treatment for recurrent ovarian endometrioma: cyst aspiration followed by i…
other
2006
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency and severity of endometriosis in adolescent and teenager girls with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) who fail to respond to medical treatment and to evaluate the outcome of radical laparoscopic surgery for se…
lab-animal
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate differences in the biological characteristics of ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma based on the presence/absence of endometriosis and tumor proliferative activity. METHODS: Stage I ovarian clear cell adenocarcinom…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: Chronic pelvic pain is a complex disease and is far more common than generally recognized. STUDY DESIGN: Between 1 January 1979 and 31 December 2002 authors had performed 11,681 laparoscopic interventions. Among them, 1061 opera…
meta-analysis
2006
Genetic polymorphisms involving genes encoding for dioxin detoxification enzymes have been implicated as a risk factor for endometriosis, but individual studies have been equivocal and controversial. We therefore performed a systematic revi…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and the factors associated with uterine bleeding while taking GnRH agonist treatment combined with tibolone add-back therapy in endometriosis patients of reproductive age. STU…
rct
2006
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of a new progestin progestogen only pill (desogestrel) versus an oral contraceptive in the treatment of recurrent endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized prospective clinical study. A group of women with e…
observational
2005
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the rate of major intra-operative and post-operative complications experienced during excisional surgery for endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective multi-centre observational study set in two University teaching hospitals…
other
2005
review
2005
The medical treatment of endometriosis needs to be optimized. Therapeutic management strategies for endometriosis-associated pain or recurrent disease are primarily aimed at downregulating ovarian function or antagonizing the effect of estr…
observational
2005
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies did not establish a clear correlation between the presence of endometriosis and the values of body mass index (BMI). STUDY DESIGN: The BMI of 366 women with endometriosis was compared to that of 248 controls und…
observational
2005
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to compare the patterns of menstruation-related problems between adolescents and premarital women who visited the Young Lady Clinic (YLC) at Samsung Medical Center. STUDY DESIGN: This study includes 646…
observational
2005
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is an immune system-related gynaecological disease, characterised by an increase in number and activation of peritoneal macrophages. One of macrophage-derived factors is interleukin (IL)-1. The effects of IL-1 are i…