title: Endometriosis related to infertility.
abstract: Endometriosis is a disease affecting fertility in many women. However, the mere presence of what is defined as endometriosis cannot be accepted per se as a cause of infertility or an indication for therapy. In the minimal or mild stage the activity rather than the presence should be the criterion for diagnosis as a disease. It is also clear that the endpoint of treatment of endometriosis in infertility is not the elimination of the implants but rather the inactivation or neutralization of its activity.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brosens
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy