Peritoneal fluid leptin is associated with chronic pelvic pain but not infertility in endometriosis patients* | Zendy

Mohamed A. Bedaiwy | Zendy; Tommaso Falcone | Zendy; Jeffrey M. Goldberg | Zendy; Rakesh Sharma | Zendy; David R. Nelson | Zendy; Ashok Agarwal | Zendy

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Peritoneal fluid leptin is associated with chronic pelvic pain but not infertility in endometriosis patients*

Author(s) -

Mohamed A. Bedaiwy,

Tommaso Falcone,

Jeffrey M. Goldberg,

Rakesh Sharma,

David R. Nelson,

Ashok Agarwal

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dei376

Subject(s) - endometriosis , pelvic pain , infertility , medicine , peritoneal fluid , leptin , gynecology , urology , surgery , pregnancy , obesity , biology , genetics

Leptin influences the proinflammatory immune responses and has angiogenic activity in vitro and in vivo. The objective of this study was to evaluate the peritoneal fluid levels of leptin in patients with endometriosis and idiopathic infertility and compare them with a control group of tubal ligation/reanastomosis patients.

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