Fertility and sterility
Fertil Steril
· ISSN (print) 0015-0282
· ISSN (e) 1556-5653
· 3,122 papers in corpus
other
2010
To investigate the role of the nerve growth factor (NGF) in the endometriosis-associated innervation in the development of endometriosis-associated symptoms, 41 peritoneal fluid samples (PF) from patients with surgically and histologically …
lab-animal
2010
OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of peritoneal fluid from women with (PF-E) and without (PF-C) endometriosis on P(450)Arom expression in endometrial cells. DESIGN: Experimental study. SETTING: University research unit. PATIENT(S): Forty wo…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To identify prognostic factors for pain and endometrioma recurrence after complete laparoscopic excision of endometrioma(s). DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care university hospital. PATIENT(S): One-…
case-report
2010
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of malignant transformation of abdominal wall endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Private practice. PATIENT(S): A 59-year-old woman with a rapidly growing abdominal wall mass. INTERVENTION(S): Neoadj…
other
2010
rct
2010
OBJECTIVE: To compare patterns of luteal phase bleeding (LPB) in IVF cycles supplemented with Crinone and with intramuscular progesterone (IMP) and to evaluate the impact of luteal estrogen supplementation on LPB. DESIGN: Prospective, rand…
other
2010
Cell proliferation of endometrial stromal cells treated with peritoneal fluid of women (aged 25 to 43 years) with endometriosis (n = 12) statistically significantly increased compared with the control treatment (peritoneal fluid of women wi…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3) in ectopic, eutopic, and normal endometria and explore its relationship with endometriosis. DESIGN: A clinical retrospective and molecular study. SETT…
observational
2010
In this case-control study, we investigated the potential associations of MMP-2 and MMP-9 gene promoter region polymorphisms as well as MMP-2 promoter haplotypes with susceptibility to endometriosis in women of caucasian origin. The results…
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of oxytocin (OTR) and/or vasopressin (VP1αR) receptor in patients with and without adenomyosis uteri. DESIGN: Retrospective nonrandomized study. SETTING: University hospital endometriosis research …
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate factors associated with the use of elective single embryo transfer (eSET) and its effect on assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcome. DESIGN: Historical cohort. SETTING: Clinic-based data. PATIENT(S): A total…
review
2010
OBJECTIVE: To present two exemplary cases of adenomatoid tumors. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Two laparoscopic centers in Germany. PATIENT(S): Two women of reproductive age with uterine adenomatoid tumors. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic…
observational
2010
We studied a prospective cohort of 434 couples in Northern California and found that 13% did not pursue any form of infertility treatment after their initial consultation. Although age, education, and financial concerns remain important for…
lab-animal
2010
Transthyretin (TTR), a carrier for thyroxine and retinol, has its messenger RNA (mRNA) expressed in the glandular endometrial epithelium and its protein detected in the glandular endometrial epithelium and the uterine lumen. TTR mRNA is dra…
lab-animal
2010
OBJECTIVE: To examine prokineticin 1 (PROK1), homeobox (HOX) A10, and P receptor (PR) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression in primary cultures of endometrial stromal cells (ESC) obtained from eutopic endometrial samples of patients …
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To examine prokineticin 1 (PROK1) mRNA expression in eutopic endometrial glands obtained from patients with or without endometriosis, to investigate the presence of additional endometrial abnormalities in women with endometriosis…
diagnostic-accuracy
2010
OBJECTIVE: To identify potential novel biomarkers that differ between subjects with and without endometriosis and that might aid in developing a noninvasive, serum-based diagnostic test. DESIGN: Case-control evaluation of a diagnostic test…
other
2010
The Dutch version of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 (EHP-30) showed a high return rate and data completeness, low floor and ceiling effects, as well as good internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity. The ques…
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the clinical history, particularly of the adolescence period, contains markers of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Universitary tertiary referral center. P…
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate ethnic differences in assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes in the United States. DESIGN: Historical cohort study. SETTING: Clinic-based data. PATIENT(S): A total of 139,027 ART cycles from the Society fo…
review
2010
OBJECTIVE: To document a rare case of coexisting endometriosis and mature cystic teratoma in the same ovary. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Gynecology unit in a tertiary training and teaching hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. PATIENT(S…
other
2010
review
2010
OBJECTIVES: To report a series of patients treated with modified radical abdominal trachelectomy to preserve fertility in benign disease that would normally result in hysterectomy. DESIGN: We reviewed all cases of radical abdominal trachel…
observational
2010
This retrospective study of women undergoing IVF (29 with colorectal endometriosis, 157 with tubal factor infertility, and 340 with male factor infertility) found similar fertility outcomes between the groups.
case-report
2010