Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 808-815 , December 2009

Apoptosis in normal ovaries of women with and without endometriosis

  • Raffaella Depalo

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
    • RD and AC contributed equally to this study.
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  • Aldo Cavallini

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Institute for Digestive Diseases ‘Saverio de Bellis’ via Turi, 27-70013 Castellana Grotte, Bari, Italy
    • RD and AC contributed equally to this study.
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  • Filomenamila Lorusso

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence:
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  • Emma Bassi

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
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  • Ilaria Totaro

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
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  • Andrea Marzullo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathologic Anatomy, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
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  • Stefano Bettocchi

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy
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  • Luigi Selvaggi

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction and Gametes Cryopreservation, Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11-70124 Bari, Italy

Received 11 December 2008 ,Revised 17 March 2009 ,Accepted 17 August 2009.

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 Professor Luigi E Selvaggi is Chairman of the Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, University Hospital Policlinico, Bari, Italy and Ordinary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Medical Science, Bari. He is past President of the Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (1998–2002) and has served on its Board of Directors for several years. He has published widely, is an ad-hoc reviewer for various journals and is a member of numerous local and national committees and boards. In 2000, he set up an IVF Unit within his Department that quickly reached high quality standards and now represents a referral centre in this area.Prof Luigi E Selvaggi

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doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.09.024

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