... with data obtained from normal ovulatory women, previously reported. In women with endometriosis, less ovulation ostia were observed, the difference being significant in moderate and severe endometriosis. During the luteal phase, no statistical difference was found in the amount of peritoneal fluid of women...

... -macroglobulin, plasminogen activator (t-PA) and its inhibitor and the degradation products of fibrin were determined in the peritoneal fluid of 25 patients with and 45 patients without endometriosis. No significant difference was found for any of the parameters. Therefore, a role for the fibrinolytic system...

...Timur Gürgan; Hüsnü Kişnişçi; Hakan Yarali; Tarik Aksu; Hulusi Zeyneloglu; Osman Develioglu Serum and peritoneal fluid (PF) CA-125 levels were assayed using the immunoradiometric assay in 17 women with minimal endometriosis and 21 control women at the time of laparoscopy. Serum levels of CA-125...

...Pentti K. Heinonen; Risto Aine; Erkki Seppälä Concentrations of leukotriene B 4 (LTB 4 ) and prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ) in peritoneal fluid were measured in 19 women with suspected acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Acute salpingitis was verified by laparoscopy in 16 cases; 11 of them had isolation...

...Michael S. Opsahl; Clifford C. Hayslip; Thomas A. Klein; Dean S. Cunningham Mononuclear cell subpopulations from the peripheral blood (PB) and peritoneal fluid (PF) of fertile and infertile women were quantified by flow cytometry using a double-staining monoclonal antibody technique. No differences...

...Alfonsa Pizzo; Francesca M. Salmeri; Francesca V. Ardita; Vincenza Sofo; Maria Tripepi; Silvano Marsico Endometriosis is a disorder characterised by presence and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, primarily into the peritoneum. The peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with endometriosis...

... outcome of patients who previously underwent laparoscopy was not influenced by preexisiting tubal adhesions and endometriosis. Laparoscopy Endometriosis Tubal adhesions Infertility Peritoneal fluid IVF-ET 7 2 2002 © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel 2002 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

... of endometriosis and infertility remains incomplete. Bloody peritoneal fluid (PF) is frequently observed in the cul-de-sac of endometriosis patients and contains various biologically active factors. We found that the concentrations of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in PF from patients...

...David M. Sherer; Rami Eliakim; Ovadia Abulafia Our objective was to present current data pertaining to the role of angiogenesis in the accumulation of peritoneal fluid in both benign conditions and in the development of malignant ascites in the female. To this goal, we conducted a computerized...

..., whether this damage is preexisting or inflicted by the menstrual tissue itself. We hypothesized that the menstrual tissue itself damages the peritoneum. To investigate this, the viability of menstrual endometrial tissue in peritoneal fluid (PF) was evaluated and the morphologic changes in the mesothelial...

...Tasuku Harada; Akiko Enatsu; Masahiro Mitsunari; Yorie Nagano; Masayuki Ito; Toshiyuki Tsudo; Fuminori Taniguchi; Tomio Iwabe; Masahiro Tanikawa; Naoki Terakawa Peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis contains an increased number of activated macrophages that secrete a variety of cytokines...

...P.R. Koninckx; S.H. Kennedy; D.H. Barlow Peritoneal fluid is a specific microenvironment. It originates mainly as an ovarian exudation product due to increased vascular permeability, and contains large amounts of macrophages and their secretion products, which include growth factors, cytokines...