Clinical biochemistry
Clin Biochem
· ISSN (print) 0009-9120
· 10 papers in corpus
observational
2020
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a disease that shows auto-immune and chronic characteristics, suggesting a role for proteins mediating immune interactions in its pathophysiology. The aim was to evaluate C3a and C5a for their role in inflammato…
review
2018
Infertility is a disease characterized by the failure to establish a clinical pregnancy after 12 months of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse. It is estimated to affect between 8 and 12% of reproductive-aged couples worldwide. Males…
nonrandomized-trial
2015
OBJECTIVES: To detect the differentially expressed genes and subsequently identify disease-related signatures and potential biomarkers for patients with ovarian endometriomas in the serum before and after the ultrasound-guided ethanol scler…
other
2013
OBJECTIVES: Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy in North America. Although survival rates are high when the disease is diagnosed at an early stage, this decreases exponentially in late-stage diagnoses. As such, there …
observational
2013
OBJECTIVES: To investigate troponin I (TnI) in patients with gynecological cancers. METHODS: Highly-sensitive (HS) and conventional TnI were measured in 25 patients with untreated ovarian cancer, 25 with endometriosis and 25 with benign ma…
other
2013
other
2012
OBJECTIVES: To measure the levels of serum CUB and zona pellucida-like domain-containing protein 1 (CUZD1) in patients with ovarian cancer (OvCa), benign gynecological conditions and healthy women and in a number of other cancer types (brea…
diagnostic-accuracy
2010
OBJECTIVES: New ovarian cancer biomarkers suitable for early disease diagnosis, prognosis or monitoring could improve patient management and outcomes. DESIGN AND METHODS: Nidogen-2 was measured by immunoassay in serum of 100 healthy women,…
observational
1999
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether oxidative stress is associated with human uterine cervicitis and uterine myoma. DESIGN AND METHODS: We measured lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in plasma and erythrocytes of cervicitis patient…
observational
1998
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the activity and biochemical properties of glycosidases in the peritoneal fluid of infertile patients with or without endometriosis in comparison with fertile women. DESIGN AND METHODS: Peritoneal fluid was colle…