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Jacques Donnez is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and has a substantial focus on reproductive medicine within the broader field of medicine. Their research intersects multiple subfields including reproductive medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, environmental and occupational health, immunology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics such as endometriosis research and treatment, uterine myomas and treatments, reproductive biology and fertility, gynecological conditions and treatments, ovarian function and disorders, reproductive system and pregnancy, and endometrial and cervical cancer treatments.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jacques Donnez include:

  • Marie-Madeleine Dolmans
  • Luciana Cacciottola
  • Alessandra Camboni
  • Elke Bestel
  • Hugh S. Taylor

Jacques Donnez has published extensively in several key journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Fertility and Sterility
  • Human Reproduction
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Reproductive BioMedicine Online
  • Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Among the noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacques Donnez are:

  • Endometriosis and Medical Therapy: From Progestogens to Progesterone Resistance to GnRH Antagonists: A Review, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue in a series of 285 women: a review of five leading European centers, 2021, Fertility and Sterility (authored by Marie-Madeleine Dolmans, frequent co-author)
  • Fertility Preservation: The Challenge of Freezing and Transplanting Ovarian Tissue, 2020, Trends in Molecular Medicine (authored by Marie-Madeleine Dolmans)
  • Fertility preservation in women for medical and social reasons: Oocytes vs ovarian tissue, 2020, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology (authored by Marie-Madeleine Dolmans)
  • Can Endometriosis-Related Oxidative Stress Pave the Way for New Treatment Targets?, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (authored by Luciana Cacciottola)

The scope of Jacques Donnez's research covers understanding complex gynecological disorders and exploring therapeutic approaches, particularly related to endometriosis and fertility preservation. Their contributions involve multidisciplinary collaboration and publication across high-impact, specialty journals within reproductive medicine.

Best Publications

  • Livebirth after orthotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue

    J Donnez;MM Dolmans;D Demylle;P Jadoul

  • Peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriosis, and adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum are three different entities

    Michelle Nisolle;Jacques Donnez

  • Fertility Preservation in Women

    Jacques Donnez;Marie-Madeleine Dolmans

  • Ulipristal acetate versus placebo for fibroid treatment before surgery.

    Jacques Donnez;Tetyana F. Tatarchuk;Philippe Bouchard;Lucian Puscasiu

  • Ulipristal Acetate Versus Leuprolide Acetate for Uterine Fibroids

    Jacques Donnez;Janusz Tomaszewski;Francisco Vázquez;Philippe Bouchard

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in endometriosis.

    Jacques Donnez;Pierre Smoes;Stéphane Gillerot;Françoise Casanas-Roux

  • Uterine fibroid management: from the present to the future

    Jacques Donnez;Marie-Madeleine Dolmans

  • Restoration of ovarian activity and pregnancy after transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: a review of 60 cases of reimplantation.

    Jacques Donnez;Marie-Madeleine Dolmans;Antonio Pellicer;Cesar Diaz-Garcia

  • Deep endometriosis: definition, diagnosis, and treatment

    Philippe R. Koninckx;Anastasia Ussia;Leila Adamyan;Arnaud Wattiez

  • Large ovarian endometriomas

    Jacques Donnez;Michelle Nisolle;Nadine Gillet;Mireille Smets

  • Reimplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is potentially unsafe

    Marie-Madeleine Dolmans;Cristina Marinescu;Pascale Saussoy;Anne Van Langendonckt

  • Long-term treatment of uterine fibroids with ulipristal acetate ☆

    Jacques Donnez;Francisco Vázquez;Janusz Tomaszewski;Kazem Nouri

  • Oxidative stress and peritoneal endometriosis

    Anne Van Langendonckt;Françoise Casanas-Roux;Jacques Donnez

  • Children born after autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: A review of 13 live births

    Jacques Donnez;Sherman Silber;Claus Yding Andersen;Isabelle Demeestere

  • What are the implications of myomas on fertility? A need for a debate?

    Jacques Donnez;Pascale Jadoul

  • Morphometric study of the stromal vascularization in peritoneal endometriosis.

    Michelle Nisolle;Françoise Casanas-Roux;Vincent Anaf;Jean-Michel Mine

  • An ectopic pregnancy developing in a previous caesarian section scar.

    Pierre-Arnaud Godin;Salim Bassil;Jacques Donnez

  • Ovarian cortex transplantation: 60 reported live births brings the success and worldwide expansion of the technique towards routine clinical practice

    Jacques Donnez;Marie-Madeleine Dolmans

  • Histologic and ultrastructural evaluation of fresh and frozen-thawed human ovarian xenografts in nude mice.

    Michelle Nisolle;Françoise Casanas-Roux;Jianping Qu;Pietro Motta

  • Risk of transferring malignant cells with transplanted frozen-thawed ovarian tissue

    Marie-Madeleine Dolmans;Valérie Luyckx;Jacques Donnez;Claus Yding Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Lison
Dominique Lison Université Catholique de Louvain
Antonio Pellicer
Antonio Pellicer University of Valencia
Pierre J. Courtoy
Pierre J. Courtoy Université Catholique de Louvain
Claus Yding Andersen
Claus Yding Andersen Copenhagen University Hospital
Bart C.J.M. Fauser
Bart C.J.M. Fauser Utrecht University
Jean-Michel Foidart
Jean-Michel Foidart University of Liège
Christine Jérôme
Christine Jérôme University of Liège
Outi Hovatta
Outi Hovatta Karolinska Institute
Robert N. Taylor
Robert N. Taylor University of Utah
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University

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