Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of chronic pelvic pain and infertility in
women in the reproductive age group. Although the existence of this disease has been
known for over 100 years our current knowledge of its pathogenesis and the
pathophysiology of its related infertility remains unclear. Several reasons contribute to our
lack of knowledge, the most critical being the difficulty in carrying out objective long-term
studies in women. Thus, we and others have developed a model of this disease in the non …