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STUDY QUESTION: Is there a difference in the use of endocrine endometriosis therapy in endometriosis patients with and without endometrioma? SUMMARY ANSWER: Patients with endometriomas received significantly less endocrine endometriosis tr…

Objectives: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease affecting up to ~10% of women at reproductive age. Prior combined studies implied that MARVELD2 might be involved in the pathogenesis of certain malignancies. Here, 211 Han Chinese…

BACKGROUND: Müllerian duct anomalies are congenital malformations of the female genital tract and may be of various types. For decades they have been classified according to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, which mentions unic…

Introduction: Quality reporting was initially implemented to offer a better means of assessing hospitals and to provide patients with information to help them when choosing their hospital. Quality reports are published every 2 years and inc…

OBJECTIVE: Enlargement of the junctional zone (JZ) on T2-weighted resonance imaging of the uterus has recently been established as the major criterion for adenomyosis in patients with endometriosis. This study was conducted to analyse the e…

The significance of retrograde menstruation as a risk factor for endometriosis has been confirmed by numerous clinical observations. Integrins mediate both cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion, and it is therefore suspected that integrins are…

OBJECTIVE: Uterine hyperperistalsis and dysperistalsis are common phenomena in endometriosis and may be responsible for reduced fertility in cases of minimal or mild extent of disease. Since a high prevalence of adenomyosis uteri has been w…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate uterotubal transport by means of hysterosalpingoscintigraphy (HSSG) in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective observational study. SETTING: University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and G…