Aspiration and ethanol sclerotherapy to treat recurrent ovarian endometriomas prior to in vitro fertilization – a pilot study Aspiração e alcoolização de endometriomas ovarianos recorrentes prévios ao tratamento de fertilização in vitro – e…
OBJETIVO: avaliar a frequência do polimorfismo Fok1 do gene do receptor da vitamina D (VDR) em mulheres inférteis com endometriose e Grupo Controle, e sua associação com a doença. MÉTODOS: estudo caso-controle que incluiu 147 mulheres infér…
PURPOSE: to evaluate the frequency of VDR gene polymorphism Fok1 in infertile women with endometriosis and Control and its relation to the disease. METHODS: a case-control study that included 147 infertile women with endometriosis and 154 …
An aberrant immunologic mechanism has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Genetic alterations in the vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) may lead to important defects in gene activation that principally affect immu…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the evolution of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in women with recurrent ovarian endometriomas treated with sclerotherapy. METHODS: Twenty-one patients with a laparoscopic diagnosis of stage III or IV endometrios…
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the combination of PR (PROGINS), ERβ G+1730A and/or LHβ G1502A polymorphisms in infertile women with and without endometriosis and in a control group increases the risk of infertility and/or endometriosis. …
Estrogens are important factors in the development of endometriosis, and can induce cell proliferation and stimulate cell division. COMT constitutes a crucial element in estrogen metabolism and has been suggested to be involved in the devel…