Endometriosis and Infertility: A Causal or Casual Role?

Rosa Maria Neme; Sérgio dos Passos Ramos; Eliane Alves dos Santos; Paulo Tudech Salgueiro; V. Abdelmassih; Roger Abdelmassih

doi:10.5935/1518-0557.2006.10.1.07

Endometriosis and Infertility: A Causal or Casual Role?

Rosa Maria Neme, Sérgio dos Passos Ramos, Eliane Alves dos Santos, Paulo Tudech Salgueiro, V. Abdelmassih, Roger Abdelmassih

In: JBRA Assisted Reproduction · 2006 · vol. 10(1) · doi:10.5935/1518-0557.2006.10.1.07 · W4377084602

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This paper examines the complex relationship between endometriosis and infertility, exploring whether endometriosis is a direct cause of infertility or merely a concurrent condition.

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[7] Laparoscopic treatment is better than medical treatment for minimal or mild endometriosis. via openalex

[8] Linear regression analysis of ultrasound follicular growth series: evidence for an abnormality of follicular growth in endometriosis patients via openalex

[9] Moderate and severe endometriosis is associated with alterations in the cell cycle of granulosa cells in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer via openalex

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[11] Pituitary–ovarian function in women with minimal or mild endometriosis and otherwise unexplained infertility via openalex

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