Valentina Cappelli

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
rct 2020
The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception ·doi:10.1080/13625187.2020.1736546

Objectives: The aim of the study was to update the results of a previous study published 10 years ago and compare the effect on hyperandrogenism of a newer progestin, dienogest (DNG), in a combined oral contraceptive (COC) formulation with …

other 2019
Cells ·doi:10.3390/cells8080811

Despite the significant advances in the last decades, low implantation rate per transferred embryo still remains a major concern in assisted reproductive techniques, highlighting a need to better characterize endometrial receptivity also by…

observational 2019
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.04.011

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether nucleoporin 210 (GP210, encoded by NUP210 gene) is involved in endometriosis. DESIGN: Immunohistofluorescence analysis for assessing whether GP210 is expressed in endometrial tissues from patients and cont…

nonrandomized-trial 2019
Minerva ginecologica ·doi:10.23736/S0026-4784.19.04384-3

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea and chronic pelvic pain occur in a significantly higher percentage in women with endometriosis; this benign condition has an incidence ranging from 5% to 10% in the general population, while 35% to 50% of infertile …

review 2018
Minerva ginecologica ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4784.17.04157-0

In the last few years new oral contraceptives have been marketed showing a better safety profile for women. They are the result of important changes made to the old compounds. As far as the estrogenic component, with the aim of decreasing s…

review 2018
Minerva ginecologica ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4784.17.04172-7

Vitamin D or calcitriol, which was first identified back in 1920, has a key role in bone metabolism and mineralization, and in calcium and magnesium homeostasis. A nuclear receptor (VDR) mediates vitamin D actions in a lot of organs like bo…