J J Brosens
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· 16 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2022
The human luteinising hormone choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) is a G-protein coupled receptor activated by both human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and luteinizing hormone (LH), two structurally related gonadotropins with essential roles…
2020
Pregnancy is dependent upon the endometrium acquiring a receptive phenotype that facilitates apposition, adhesion and invasion of a developmentally competent embryo. Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrome…
review
2015
The fetal endometrium becomes responsive to steroid hormones around the fourth month of pregnancy starting with an oestrogenic phase, which is followed late in pregnancy by a secretory phase. Based on post-mortem studies, the endometrium at…
review
2014
Potential role of endometrial stem/progenitor cells in the pathogenesis of early-onset endometriosis
The pathogenesis of early-onset endometriosis has recently been revisited, sparked by the discovery of endometrial stem/progenitor cells and their possible role in endometriosis, and because maternal pregnancy hormone withdrawal following d…
review
2001
OBJECTIVE: To review the role of laparoscopy in the management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHOD: A literature search was conducted to obtain a clear perspective on the role of laparoscopy for CPP. RESULTS: Laparoscopy has been widely …
review
2001
OBJECTIVE: To review the role of laparoscopy in the management of chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHOD: A literature search was conducted to obtain a clear perspective on the role of laparoscopy for CPP. RESULTS: Laparoscopy has been widely …
other
2000
review
2000
review
2000
review
1998
Human non-gravid myometrium differentiates in response to ovarian sex steroids into a subendometrial layer or junctional zone and an outer myometrial layer. Compared to the outer myometrial layer, the junctional zone myocytes are characteri…
review
1998
diagnostic-accuracy
1995
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prospectively the role of endovaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of adenomyosis and to identify predictive characteristics. SETTING: In Vitro Fertilisation Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. SUBJECTS: Fifty-six women…
other
1995
The potential value of magnetic resonance imaging as a diagnostic tool in infertility was investigated. Twenty-six women with primary or secondary infertility and symptoms of dysmenorrhoea or menorrhagia were studied prospectively using con…
other
1995
OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of myometrial needle biopsies in the diagnosis of adenomyosis uteri in vitro. DESIGN: Eight needle biopsies and 8 corresponding myometrial blocks were taken from 27 hysterectomy speci…
review
1995
The myometrium is usually thought of as a homogeneous mass of smooth muscle fibres. However, magnetic resonance studies of the uterus have revealed two distinct zones--the subendometrial myometrium or junctional zone and the outer myometriu…
other
1993