OBJECTIVE: Fetuin-A is a well-known negative acute-phase protein and has been used liberally to predict vascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum human fetuin-A/alpha2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein…
PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION: To evaluate the preventive and reducing effect of aloe vera gel on surgically-induced endometrial foci in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-four reproductive aged female non-pregnant, nulligravid Sprague-Dawley …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of melatonin on endometriotic lesions induced by implanting human endometriotic cells in SCID mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Prospective, randomized, controlled, experimental study. Experimental Research Ce…
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) compared to CA-125 in patients with endometriomas. METHODS: This study was designed as a retrospective comparative study.…
AIMS: To determine the effects of different doses of melatonin treatment on endometrial implants, the activity of antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), the angiogenesis factor, the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the …
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of etanercept (anti-TNF-α) on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a prospective, randomized, controlled, experimental study that was carried out at the Experim…
The effects of water collected from an industrially polluted river in a rat model with surgically induced endometriosis were investigated in this preliminary study. Exposure to industrially polluted water resulted in regressed endometriotic…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of letrozole and melatonin on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat endometriosis model. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized, controlled, experimental study. SETTING: Experimental Research Center of Yed…
OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. INTERVENTION…