Fertility and sterility
Fertil Steril
· ISSN (print) 0015-0282
· ISSN (e) 1556-5653
· 3,123 papers in corpus
case-report
2006
The clinical course and radiographic appearance of a cystic myometrial lesion in a 13-year-old adolescent girl are described. Hormone suppression with continuous oral contraceptive (OC) pills resulted in partial regression of the lesion, as…
lab-animal
2006
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the inhibitory effect of danazol on estrogen (E) production in endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective randomized study. SETTING: Academic research unit of the department of obstetrics and gynecology in a university hosp…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in local cytokine production in the eutopic endometrium of adenomyosis after treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and danazol. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary university hospit…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: To analyze morphologic aspects of bowel endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study of 35 consecutive cases of bowel endometriosis. SETTING: Multidisciplinary group practice and teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): Thirty-five patients…
other
2006
When following current pelvic pain management algorithms, appropriate counseling may lessen emotional and social issues associated with endometriosis-associated pelvic pain.
other
2006
Both the American and the Royal Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have produced guidelines that recommend patients with chronic pelvic pain, including those suspected of having endometriosis, should receive empirical medical thera…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether genes that had been found to be differentially expressed in deep-infiltrating endometriosis and matched eutopic endometrium in our previous complementary DNA microarray study also are differentially express…
other
2006
other
2006
meta-analysis
2006
OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively review and evaluate the direct costs of endometriosis. DESIGN AND SETTING: We systematically reviewed studies published since 1990, and conducted an analysis of publicly available national databases (Healthcar…
lab-animal
2006
The effect of immunomodulator leflunomide on the development of an experimental endometriosis model was assessed by surgically transplanting autologous fragments of endometrial tissue onto the inner surface of the abdominal wall and arteria…
lab-animal
2006
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) on human adenomyosis-derived cells compared with endometrial stromal cells. DESIGN: In vitro study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolo…
review
2006
Women with endometriosis typically present with pelvic pain, infertility or an adnexal mass. Surgery for persistent adnexal masses may be indicated to remove an endometrioma or other pelvic pathology. Surgical or medical therapy is efficaci…
review
2006
OBJECTIVE: To report the prevalence of appendiceal disease in women with chronic pelvic pain undergoing laparoscopy for possible endometriosis, summarize the literature, and more accurately estimate the prevalence of endometriosis of the ap…
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: To compare the expression of genes playing a decisive role during the embryonic development of the female genital tract (WNT4, WNT5A, WNT7A, PAX8) in the peritoneum of patients with endometriosis and control patients. DESIGN: Ex…
case-report
2006
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of endometriosis associated with massive ascites, pleural effusion, and extremely elevated Ca-125. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A 46-year-old, white nulligravida with bilatera…
observational
2006
The presence of gene polymorphisms of the estrogen receptors ERalpha (PvuII and XbaI) and ERbeta (AluI) in 61 women with endometriosis was investigated. A statistically significant correlation between PvuII ERalpha gene polymorphism (PvuII)…
other
2006
other
2006
Management of ovarian cysts is still controversial especially when dealing with endometriomas. Cyst excision was accepted surgical method by many centers; however, relationship between the excision and the loss of functional ovarian tissue …
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: To determine the expression of alpha1 and beta3 integrin subunit on the endometrium of infertile patients with hydrosalpinx and infertile patients with tubal phimosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Tertiary medical cente…
nonrandomized-trial
2006
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the expression of basigin in ovarian endometriotic tissue, normal ovary, and endometrium during the menstrual cycle. DESIGN: Controlled, retrospective study for evaluation of basigin expression in archived specim…
nonrandomized-trial
2006
We found, by reverse transcription--real time--polymerase chain reaction, that the expression of aromatase (CYP19) in ovarian, peritoneal endometriosis, and deep endometriotic nodules is significantly different, which strengthens the theory…
observational
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of interleukin-8 (IL-8) receptors CXCR1 and CXCR2 in adenomyosis. DESIGN: Comparative immunohistochemical study. SETTING: Academic medical center. PATIENT(S): Thirty women who had undergone hyster…
nonrandomized-trial
2006
Expression of mannose-binding lectin in the peritoneal fluid of women with and without endometriosis
Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) modulates inflammation and usually enhances clearance of apoptotic cells. We observed that the concentration and total amount of peritoneal fluid MBL does not differ in patients with and without endometriosis.
other
2006
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Cdc42 expression in eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissue in patients with adenomyosis and ovarian endometriotic cysts compared with patients without endometriosis. DESIGN: Experimental retrospective study. SETTING…