Efficient utilization of healthcare resources, including laboratory testing, is crucial for environmental sustainability and cost-effectiveness. The diagnosis of APS requires the presence of at least one clinical event (either an objectivel…
OBJECTIVE: To clarify whether the presence of ovarian endometriomas is associated with a reduced responsiveness to ovarian hyperstimulation. DESIGN: Observational study. SETTING: University teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): Women selected f…
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested recently that deep endometriosis and the other forms of the disease do not share a common pathogenetic mechanism. In this study, we hypothesize that, if this is true, deep peritoneal endometriosis and the o…
Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease with a certain genetic background, but the locations of possible genomic aberrations are still poorly clarified. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), which is a surface glycoprotein that prom…
OBJECTIVE: To discuss current ideas about therapy for endometriosis derived from new observations generated by using molecular biology techniques and in vivo animal models of disease. METHOD(S): The MEDLINE database was reviewed for Englis…