Fertility and sterility
Fertil Steril
· ISSN (print) 0015-0282
· ISSN (e) 1556-5653
· 3,122 papers in corpus
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2016
OBJECTIVE: To study the expression and function of syndecan-4 in endometriosis. DESIGN: Histopathological investigation of eutopic endometrium and experimental laboratory study on a cell line derived from epithelial endometriotic cells (12…
2016
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2016
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends and reproductive outcomes of gestational surrogacy in the United States. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Infertility clinics. PATIENT(S): IVF cycles transferring at least one embryo. INTERVENTI…
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2016
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between urinary paraben concentrations and IVF outcomes among women attending an academic fertility center. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Fertility clinic in a hospital setting. PATIENT…
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2016
OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of self-reported endometriosis and to improve the reliability of questionnaires by including endometriosis-related questions. DESIGN: Analysis of survey questionnaire data. SETTING: Cross-sectional study…
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2016
OBJECTIVE: To study single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) involved in angiogenesis (VEGF, PLGF, VEGFR1, VEGFR2, HIF-1α) and plasma levels of the corresponding proteins (VEGF, PLGF, sVEGFR1, sVEGFR2) in women with and without endometriosis.…
observational
2016
OBJECTIVE: To assess which characteristics are associated with failure to receive fertility counseling among a cohort of young women diagnosed with cancer. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): A tot…
observational
2016
OBJECTIVE: To investigate characteristics of receiving a medical evaluation for infertility among infertile women. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Academic institution. PATIENT(S): A total of 7,422 women who reported incident infert…
lab-animal
2015
OBJECTIVE: To define the expression and function of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) in response to decidualizing stimuli in endometriotic cells compared with healthy endometrial stroma. DESIGN: Basic science. SETTING: University research c…
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To compare the risks for adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes by diagnoses with and without assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment to non-ART pregnancies in fertile women. DESIGN: Historical cohort of Massachusetts vit…
rct
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes by number of embryos transferred (ET) and fetal heartbeats (FHB) in assisted reproductive technology-conceived singleton live births. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort using cycles repo…
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether pathogenic copy number changes (CNCs) can be identified in deoxyribonucleic acid from females with different classes of müllerian anomalies. DESIGN: We conducted array-based copy number variant (CNV) analysis …
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the alterations in endometrial waves (EW) originating from the contraction of the subendometrial myometrial layer in the periovulatory and midluteal phases in women diagnosed with chronic endometritis (CE). DESIGN: C…
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of antral follicular count (AFC) in predicting ovarian responsiveness in ovaries with endometriomas or with a past history of surgical excision of endometriomas. DESIGN: Retrospective review. SETTING: A…
review
2015
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2015
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate novel clinical markers of endometriosis including the neurotrophins brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and neurotrophin 4/5 (NT4/5) and compare them to others previously reported in t…
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence of the autophagic process in ovarian endometriomas compared with eutopic endometrium of affected women and with normal endometrium of healthy women. DESIGN: Biochemical and molecular study in tissue ex…
review
2015
The risk of pregnancy and neonatal complications in women with endometriosis and adenomyosis is debatable. A literature review looking at rates, presentation, and management of spontaneous hemoperitoneum, enlargement, abscess, and rupture o…
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of bowel occult microscopic endometriosis (BOME) implants on postoperative outcomes in patients treated with colorectal resection for deep infiltrating digestive endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective series o…
observational
2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of cancer after assisted reproductive technology (ART) therapy. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): New York, Texas, and Illinois residents between 2004 and 2009, treate…
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether microRNAs (miRNAs) associated with endometriosis are detectable in the circulation and could serve as potential noninvasive biomarkers for endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University hospi…
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether circulating micro-RNA (miR) 200a, miR-200b, and miR-141 have altered levels in patients with endometriosis compared with control individuals. DESIGN: Experimental laboratory study. SETTING: University. PAT…
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2015
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor (JNKI) bentamapimod (AS602801/PGL5001) can reduce induced endometriosis in baboons. DESIGN: Prospective randomized placebo-controlled study. SETTING: Non…
lab-animal
2015
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the therapeutic mechanisms of progestin and the effects of progesterone and progestin (dienogest) on autophagy induction and regulation in endometriotic cells, specifically the effects of progesterone and dienogest o…