Fertility and sterility

OBJECTIVE: To correlate parameters of endometriosis obtained during routine clinical evaluation with the subsequent formation of adhesions following surgical treatment by laparoscopy. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled, double-blind, clinical …

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinicopathologic characteristics and the treatment means of pregnant women with uterine adenomyoma. DESIGN: Retrospective, consecutive, controlled study. SETTING: University hospital for obstetrics and gynecology.…

OBJECTIVE: To document a rare case of coexisting endometriosis and genital tuberculosis. DESIGN: Case Report. SETTING: Tertiary-care center. PATIENT(S): A 24-year-old infertile woman presented with atypical clinical and radiological feat…

We investigated the expression of the cognate chemokine receptor 1 (CCR1) messenger ribonucleic acid, a G-protein-coupled cognate chemokine receptor with high affinity for RANTES (Regulated upon Activation, Normal T cells Expressed and Secr…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of the combined E(2) with the environmental pollutant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on CCR8-I-309 expression by the endometriotic lesion-associated cells in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. …

OBJECTIVE: To identify the differently expressed proteins in adenomyotic tissue compared with normal uterine muscle. DESIGN: Retrospective, case-controlled study. SETTING: University-based Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Prote…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of aromatase inhibitors with GnRH agonist for a severe symptomatic adenomyosis that is refractory to GnRH agonist and danazol with GnRH agonist. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Clinical practice in university…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risks of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes associated with increasing maternal age and higher plurality. DESIGN: Population-based, historic cohort study. SETTING: US birth certificates and infant deat…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between country of birth and hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy (EP), endometriosis, and infertility. DESIGN: Follow-up study. SETTING: Sweden. PARTICIPANT(S): A…

OBJECTIVE: To report a new indication for fertility preservation. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): A 25-year-old nulliparous woman with severe and symptomatic endometriosis and low antral follicular c…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the macrophage response in endometriosis by determining the expression and localization of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-ABC and HLA-DR by the peritoneal fluid (PF) macrophages and PF concentrations of interferon (…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) in peritoneal fluid (PF) and serum in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective analytical study. SETTING: University-affiliated obstetrics and gynec…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and peptide localization of follistatin and follistatin-like protein (FLRG) in ovarian endometriosis, compared to healthy human endometrium. DESIGN: Samples of ovarian endometrioti…

In this prospective case-control study, we determined the role of surface-enhanced laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in the detection of histologically proven endometriosis. In the plasma of the group with end…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of dienogest on the proliferation of endometriotic stromal cells. DESIGN: Comparative and laboratory study. SETTING: University of Tokyo Hospital. PATIENT(S): Endometriotic stromal cells were isolated…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between disease severity and patient characteristics in endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research setting. PATIENT(S): One thousand wome…

Gene products estrogen receptor alpha, progesterone receptor-A, retinoid X receptor alpha, insulin-like growth factor-II, insulin-like growth factor I receptor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, epithelial growth factor receptor, and BCL…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate types of nerve fibers in endometrium and myometrium in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Laboratory study using human tissue. SETTING: University-based laboratory. PATIENT(S): Women with and without endometriosi…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) on sperm capacitation, a maturational process that occurs in the female reproductive tract and enables spermatozoa to become fully competent at fertilizing th…

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of a patient with a duplicated left ureter presenting preoperatively as unilateral hydrosalpinx, chronic pelvic pain, and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: A large univer…

This observational cohort study examined the effect of laparoscopic full excision of endometriosis combined with postoperative triptorelin treatment on deep dyspareunia (DD) and quality of sex life. One year after completing the postoperati…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the inhibitory effect of a statin on angiogenesis in a three-dimensional (3-D) culture of human endometrial fragments in vitro. Angiogenesis has been proposed as an important mechanism in the pathogenesis of endometr…

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether copious lavage and suction of human endometrioma fluid placed in the peritoneal cavity of rabbits reduces adhesion formation compared to no lavage. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, blinded study. SETTING: A…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate alterations in the overall gene expression profile of endometriosis-derived stroma with increasing concentrations of hCG by using the Affymetrix GeneChip U133 Set. DESIGN: In vitro study. SETTING: Academic resear…