Background Women with endometriosis who are treated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) or
intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have a lower pregnancy rate compared to women …

Endometriosis is the growth of endometrium outside the uterine cavity or myometrium
(endometriotic implants), usually in the peritoneal cavity (Figure 1). The question of how the …

There are many arguments to support the hypothesis that there is a causal relationship
between the presence of endometriosis and subfertility. These arguments are reviewed in …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of endometriosis on assisted reproductive
technology (ART) outcomes and to review if surgical treatment of endometriosis before ART …

HOXA10 and HOXA11 are homeobox genes that function as transcription factors essential
to embryonic development. We have recently described a role for each of these two genes in …

A total of 811 intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles in which clomiphene citrate/human
menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) was used for ovarian stimulation were analysed …

The first edition of the Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Techniques was published in
2001. As the textbook now enters its sixth edition, some 45 years since the birth of Louise …

The diagnosis of unexplained infertility can be made only after excluding common causes of
infertility using standard fertility investigations, which include semen analysis, assessment of …

Purpose Endometriosis and its associated infertility have been the object of continuous
research for over a century. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the …

Background Endometriosis is known to have an impact on fertility and it is common for
women affected by endometriosis to require fertility treatments, including in vitro fertilisation …