Peritoneal fluid volume parameters in infertile patients.

A. Chryssicopoulos; Chryssicopoulos A; T Mantzavinos; Themis Mantzavinos; Mantzavinos T; Kontoravdis A; A. Kontoravdis; N Toumbanakis; Toumbanakis N; Zourlas PA; P A Zourlas

Peritoneal fluid volume parameters in infertile patients.

A. Chryssicopoulos, Chryssicopoulos A, T Mantzavinos, Themis Mantzavinos, Mantzavinos T, Kontoravdis A, A. Kontoravdis, N Toumbanakis, Toumbanakis N, Zourlas PA, P A Zourlas

Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology · 1991 · vol. 18(3) , pp. 175–9 · PMID:1752050 · W92534277

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Peritoneal fluid volume was significantly increased by luteinization, macrophages, and endometriosis, but decreased by adhesions or tubal obstruction in infertile women.

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Abstract

The peritoneal fluid volume (PFV) and its cellular and acellular components have been repeatedly associated with infertility. The PFV from 88 infertile women was analyzed in relation to endometriosis, pelvic adhesions, tubal patency, luteinization, endometrial cells and macrophages. The independent existence of parameters such as the onset of luteinization, the increased population of macrophages and the presence of endometriosis increase statistically significantly the PFV. In the presence of peritoneal adhesions or/and obstructed tubes the PFV was significantly decreased.

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endometriosisinfertility

MeSH descriptors

Ascitic Fluid Infertility, Female Adult Ascitic Fluid Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Infertility, Female Menstrual Cycle Peritoneal Diseases Peritoneal Diseases Pregnancy Pregnancy, Tubal Pregnancy, Tubal Tissue Adhesions Tissue Adhesions

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Peritoneal fluid volume and steroid hormone concentrations in baboons with and without either spontaneous minimal/mild endometriosis or the luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome 1995

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Peritoneal fluid volume and steroid hormone concentrations in baboons with and without either spontaneous minimal/mild endometriosis or the luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome 1995

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