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…
The onset of uterine infection during postpartum period compromises uterine health, fertility, and productivity of dairy cattle. Endometrial innate immunity plays a key role in eliminating uterine infection and keeping the uterus healthy. H…
OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical profile and the management of patients with disorders of sex development (DSD). DESIGN AND SETTING: Retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital of North India. METHODS AND PATIENTS: One hundred ninety…
The core definition of endometriosis is when endometrial glands and stoma are identified outside the uterine cavity. It is estimated to affect 2-10% of women in their reproductive age, and 50% of patients complain of infertility. Ovarian en…
O1 The metabolomics approach to autism: identification of biomarkers for early detection of autism spectrum disorder A. K. Srivastava, Y. Wang, R. Huang, C. Skinner, T. Thompson, L. Pollard, T. Wood, F. Luo, R. Stevenson O2 Phenome-wide ass…
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have served as an important model for studies of reproductive diseases and aging-related disorders in humans. However, limited information is available about spontaneously occurring reproductive tract lesions i…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and reproductive outcome following ultrasound guided aspiration (UGA) of endometrioma in infertile patients. METHOD: This is a prospective non-randomized clinical report of UGA in 22 infertil…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of chocolate cyst fluid on the proliferation of cultured human endometrioma cells and to assay the concentration of transforming growth factor-B1 in this fluid. DESIGN: Controlled in vitro study. SETTING:…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: This is a strange case and informs us that bleeding from endometriosis can be life‐threatening. We are given no clue concerning the apparently erroneous ultrasonographic finding of a 9 times 5 x 4 cm adnexal mass, the pre…
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a heparin-binding growth factor known to act directly on vascular endothelial cells by promoting cell proliferation and permeability. To date, 3 structurally related cell surface receptors for VE…