Fertility and sterility
Fertil Steril
· ISSN (print) 0015-0282
· ISSN (e) 1556-5653
· 3,124 papers in corpus
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a complex trait, in which genetic and environmental factors act together to produce the phenotype. So far, research into candidate genes has largely been based on biological and clinical hypotheses. Results of th…
review
2002
OBJECTIVE: To describe symptoms, surgical diagnosis and treatment, and long-term outcome of patients with symptomatic diaphragmatic endometriosis. DESIGN: Observational follow-up study. SETTING: American tertiary referral center for the s…
rct
2002
OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of Dienogest versus Decapeptyl at 3.75 mg as consolidation therapy for surgery in the treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: Multicenter, open, randomized, parallel-group clinical trial. SETTING: Volunteer …
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To use DNA microarray technology to examine differential gene expression in uterine endometrium versus endometriosis implants. DESIGN: Pilot study. SETTING: Volunteers in an academic research environment. PATIENT(S): Premenopa…
lab-animal
2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential of photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) for ablation of endometrial explants in a rat endometriosis model and to compare the effect of ALA-PDT, electrosurgery, and surgical resection o…
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine how diagnosis, age, sperm quality, and number of preovulatory follicles affect pregnancy rates when multiple cycles of clomiphene citrate (CC)-IUI are performed. DESIGN: Fifteen-year prospective observational study.…
meta-analysis
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the IVF outcome for patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Meta-analysis. SETTING: Academic research center. PATIENT(S): A MEDLINE search and review of the literature were performed. Patients were classified by le…
lab-animal
2002
OBJECTIVE: To study the affects of interleukin-8 (IL-8), anti-IL-8, and IL-12 on in vitro proliferation of endometrial cells. DESIGN: An in vitro study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, UK. PATIEN…
lab-animal
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expressions of estrogen (E) receptor and progesterone (P) receptor in human eutopic and ectopic endometrium and the effect of mifepristone (RU486) on them. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospi…
rct
2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a 3-month course of GnRH agonist administered immediately before IVF-ET in infertile patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized trial. SETTING: Three tertiary care assisted reproducti…
rct
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of initiation time of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the endometrium of women with regular menstrual cycles. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, cross-over study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynec…
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of oxidative stress on the quality of oocytes and embryos, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in granulosa cells was quantitatively studied during an in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) …
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate soluble Fas ligand concentrations in serum and peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis and from fertile controls without endometriosis, and to study levels of soluble Fas ligand in conditioned media of cultured…
review
2002
OBJECTIVE: Rapidly evolving methods in genomics and proteomics research already are changing the nature of biomedical investigation. In this report we briefly review some of the seminal technological advances that inspired the genomics revo…
review
2002
OBJECTIVE: To discuss current ideas about therapy for endometriosis derived from new observations generated by using molecular biology techniques and in vivo animal models of disease. METHOD(S): The MEDLINE database was reviewed for Englis…
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of endometriotic haptoglobin on peritoneal macrophage function. DESIGN: Prospective laboratory study. SETTING: School of medicine. PATIENT(S): Twenty-three women with and without endometriosis. INTERVE…
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) mRNA in endometriosis. DESIGN: Molecular studies in human tissue. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pe…
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of a combined clomiphene citrate/gonadotropin protocol in a general infertility population and to evaluate factors influencing pregnancy rates obtained with this protocol. DESIGN: A retrospective c…
2002
other
2002
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the host immunologic response to endometriosis in terms of killer inhibitory receptor (KIR) expression by natural killer (NK) cells. DESIGN: Case-control study of immunologic markers. SETTING: University hospital…
rct
2002
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether ultralong GnRH analog (GnRH-a) therapy after surgical treatment of endometriosis and before ART influences the pregnancy rate. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING: University clinic for…
other
2002
OBJECTIVE: Determine whether peritoneal macrophages from women with endometriosis-associated infertility express more inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) and produce more NO than fertile controls. DESIGN: Unblinded clinical study. PATI…
lab-animal
2002
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the effect of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis on monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) production by peritoneal mesothelial cells and endometrial cells. DESIG…
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how endometriosis affects expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in granulosa cells. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: IVF-ET program at Osaka Medical College. PATIENT(S)…