The role of the junctional zone in the management of adenomyosis with infertility. [PDF]
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 2023 The junctional zone (JZ) is an important structure in the myometrium that maintains uterine fertility. Changes in the junctional zone are closely related to infertility and adenomyosis (ADS).
Wang S, Duan H.
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Junctional zone thickening: an endo-myometrial unit disorder. [PDF]
Facts Views Vis Obgyn, 2023 Adenomyosis is a disease defined by histopathology, mostly of hysterectomy specimens, and classification is challenged by the disagreement of the histologic definition.
Gordts S +4 more
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The effect of transcervical endometrial resection on clinical symptoms related to intrinsic adenomyosis and junctional zone changes. [PDF]
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X, 2019 Objectives: To assess the effect of transcervical endometrial resection on clinical symptoms related to histopathological findings of the junctional zone. Study design: This prospective study took place at a university hospital.
Rasmussen CK +4 more
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Evaluation of junctional zone differential and ratio as possible markers of clinical efficacy in uterine artery embolisation of adenomyosis. [PDF]
CVIR EndovascBackground Uterine artery embolisation is a recommended method of adenomyosis treatment with good clinical results. Changes in uterine volume and maximal junctional zone thickness (JZmax) after embolisation are thoroughly analyzed in the literature.
Turtóczki K +8 more
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Junctional Zone in Infertile Women: A Three-dimensional Ultrasound Study. [PDF]
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, 2020 Objective To analyze the interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of the visualization and continuity of the juncional zone (JZ) by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound in infertile women, and to evaluate the sociodemographic, hormonal, and ...
Silva V +6 more
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Three cases of heavy menstrual bleeding with uniform thickening of the junctional zone endometrium. [PDF]
SAGE Open Med Case Rep, 2023 Heavy menstrual bleeding is a type of abnormal uterine bleeding. Abnormal uterine bleeding includes the poorly characterized “not otherwise classified” category.
Matsushima T, Suzuki S.
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The abnormal expression of oxytocin receptors in the uterine junctional zone in women with endometriosis. [PDF]
Reprod Biol Endocrinol, 2017 BackgroundThe junctional zone (JZ), also called as the endometrial-myometrial junction, is related to peristaltic-like movements in the non-pregnant uterus.
Huang M, Li X, Guo P, Yu Z, Xu Y, Wei Z.
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The Significance of MRI Evaluation of the Uterine Junctional Zone in the Early Diagnosis of Adenomyosis. [PDF]
Acta Inform Med, 2016 Goal: The aim of the study is to define the MRI appearance of disorder in the Junctional zone (JZ) in women with adenomyosis compared to those without it, given the importance of the JZ in the regulation of various reproductive events.
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Adenomyosis and infertility: the role of the junctional zone
Gynecological Endocrinology, 2021 Objective Adenomyosis is a benign uterine disorder characterized by the invasion of the endometrium within the myometrium, starting from the junctional zone (JZ), the inner hormone dependent layer of the myometrium that plays an important role in sperm ...
C. Barbanti +7 more
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Evaluating the reliability of a microperimetry-based method for assessing visual function in the junctional zone of geographic atrophy lesions. [PDF]
Int J Retina VitreousPurpose To assess the repeatability of a microperimetry methodology for quantifying visual function changes in the junctional zone of eyes with geographic atrophy (GA) in the clinical trial context. Methods A post hoc analysis of the OAKS phase III trial
Alibhai AY +8 more
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