Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Reproductive Medicine Unit Department of obstetrics and Ginecology University of Bologna,Italy. \nDepartment of obstetrics, Ginecology and Reproductive Science Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, USA

Growth factors are believed to act as local regulators of endometrial cyclic activity, but there is limited information on their regulation of decidual differentiation and function. Cell cultures of human endometrial stroma treated with pro…

Endometriosis most commonly affects the pelvic peritoneum close to the ovaries, including the uterosacral ligaments, the ovarian fossa peritoneum, and the perito- neum of the cul-de-sac.\nThe increased diagnosis of endometriosis at laparosc…

As a result of experience with more than 16,000 pelviscopic operative procedures performed at the Kiel University Women's Clinic from 1971 to 1988 which in this time had been adapted and used around the world, it may be said that the pelvis…

This paper has discussed the evidence for the presence of infertility in patients with endometriosis and more critically reviewed some of the studies that have addressed the impact of various potential local peritoneal mechanisms that may l…

The unpredictable response of endometriosis to steroids and its recurrence after therapy, led us to hypothesize a possible further control of this pathology by factors other than steroids. The presence of estrogen, progesterone and epiderma…

The hormone sensitivity of endometrial carcinoma is related to the presence of steroid hormone receptors. The determination of progesterone receptors has been proposed in order to predict clinical prognosis and to aid treatment selection. T…