Fertility and sterility
Fertil Steril
· ISSN (print) 0015-0282
· ISSN (e) 1556-5653
· 3,123 papers in corpus
case-report
2010
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To compare robot assisted laparoscopic platform to standard laparoscopy for the treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort controlled study. SETTING: Tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S): Seventy-eight reproduc…
lab-animal
2010
Romidepsin inhibited HDAC activity, produced acetylation of the histone proteins, up-regulated p21, and down-regulated cyclins B1 and D1, resulting in proliferation inhibition and apoptosis activation in 11z immortalized epithelial endometr…
lab-animal
2010
OBJECTIVE: To determine interactions between prostaglandin (PG) E(2) signaling and proliferation of endometriotic cells to increase our knowledge about PGE(2) signaling in the pathogenesis of endometriosis in humans. DESIGN: Immortalized h…
nonrandomized-trial
2010
To assess the impact of laparoscopic surgery on ovarian reserve, we evaluated pre- and postoperative levels of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in comparison with basal levels of FSH. The median AMH level was 2.98 ng/mL and 3.92 ng/mL bef…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To establish a novel serum marker for endometriosis, serum autoantibodies (autoAbs) were investigated using a proteomic approach. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Departments of Molecular Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynec…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate of intrinsic ureteral endometriosis in patients presenting with severe ureteral endometriosis. DESIGN: Observational study between June 1992 and December 2007. SETTING: University tertiary referral center. …
nonrandomized-trial
2010
The objective of this study was to evaluate the degree of symptomatic relief obtained after treatment with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery in patients with adenomyosis. Quality of life and pain assessment questionnaires…
nonrandomized-trial
2010
OBJECTIVE: To study the concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptors-1 and -2 (sVEGFR-1 and -2), angiogenin, and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) in serum and peritoneal fluid f…
observational
2010
Smoking habits did not influence either the risk of any form of endometriosis (superficial peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriomas, and deep infiltrating endometriosis) and did not correlate with the revised American Fertility Socie…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To examine proteins aberrantly expressed in the ectopic endometrium compared with eutopic endometrium from the same patient. DESIGN: Experimental study. SETTING: Research institute and an obstetrics and gynecology clinic (Natio…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of uterine leiomyomas on the endometrium using molecular markers of endometrial receptivity: HOXA10, HOXA11, LIF, and BTEB1. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University medical center. PATIENT(S): Th…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if stem or progenitor cells are found in adenomyosis and to characterize the role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in adenomyosis-derived mesenchymal stem cell (AMSC)-related pathogenesis of adenomyosis. DESIGN: Experi…
rct
2010
OBJECTIVE: To compare reduction of pain following laparoscopy after ablation or excision of endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, double-blind study. SETTING: Endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic at a university teaching hospi…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To assess the behavior of revised American Fertility Society stages I and II endometriosis after surgical treatment, by observation of location of pelvic involvement at reoperation. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Tertiary …
other
2010
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the physiologic mechanism responsible for the supraphysiologic gonadotropin release from the pituitary induced by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist in female rats primed with GnRH antagonist. DESIGN: Con…
other
2010
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether endometriosis-associated endometrioid cancer (EAOC) is a specific entity compared with endometrioid cancer not associated with endometriosis (OC). DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University hospital re…
observational
2010
OBJECTIVE: To examine factors associated with emotional well-being in women with spontaneous primary ovarian insufficiency. DESIGN: Cross-sectional and case-control study. SETTING: Clinical research center, national U.S. health research f…
review
2010
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the effects of the adipokine adiponectin on the reproductive endocrine system, from the hypothalamic-pituitary axis to the gonads and target tissues of the reproductive system. DESIGN: A Medline computer search was …
lab-animal
2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of selective P receptor (PR) modulator CDB4124 on cell proliferation and apoptosis in cultured human uterine leiomyoma smooth muscle (LSM) cells and control myometrial smooth muscle (MSM) cells in matched …
other
2010
other
2010
The objective of this case-control study of 242 reproductive-age women was to determine the concentration of afamin in the serum and peritoneal fluid of women with and without endometriosis and to test afamin as a diagnostic marker of endom…
case-report
2010
OBJECTIVE: To report the usefulness of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography for the assessment of parietal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic research hospital. PATIENT(S): A 35-year-old woman with a noncyclic, painf…
other
2010