OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between a personal history of infertility and the risk for future cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related manifestations like coronary heart disease (CHD), cerebrovascular disease and heart failure…
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The etiology of this multifactorial disease is still unresolved and an increasing number of studies suggest tha…
Clinical and molecular research data are still insufficient to determine the onset, etiology and progression of endometriosis. Recently, a number of studies have been investigating the role of the inflammatory-immune factor. The role of inf…
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a retrospective study on case reports found in literature across the world on benign müllerian lesions of the urogenital tract and on cases of malignant transformation from müllerian duct remnants in order to better un…
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder of the reproductive age characterised by pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and infertility. Classic theories have failed to propose a precise pathogenetic mechanism. Recent studies have investigated …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis of increased systemic oxidative stress in patients with endometriosis. SETTING: Tertiary care university hospital. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PATIENT(S): Sixty-six women of reproductive age under…
AIM: To determine the prevalence of ovarian cancer and endometrial polyps in women with moderate and severe ovarian endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 667 cases of moderate and severe endometriosis laparoscopically and his…
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the aetiopathogenesis and the role of defective 'immunosurveillance' in endometriosis. METHOD: Review of studies on the pathogenesis of endometriosis, focusing particularly on novel molecules which express adhesive or…
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity and is usually confined to the pelvis. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is a rare disorder characterized by the presence of functionin…
OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of standard and low-dose estrogen-progestin therapy (EPT), tibolone and raloxifene on the incidence of vaginal spotting/bleeding and endometrial thickness over a 5-year period. METHODS: Seven hundred eighty-…