Ilyas Arshad
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· 4 papers in corpus
observational
2025
• There is a high prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), affecting 74.2% of women with chronic pelvic pain. • Women without endometriosis were significantly more likely to have IBS compared to those with endometriosis. • Patients wit…
observational
2025
• Urine tests were the preferred option for the diagnosis of endometriosis • Tampon and stool tests were considered to be “uncomfortable” or “embarrassing” • All non-invasive tests were found to be acceptable if accurate for diagnosis Chron…
meta-analysis
2023
STUDY QUESTION: What is the role of iron in the pathophysiology of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Iron excess is demonstrated wherever endometriotic tissues are found and is associated with oxidative stress, an inflammatory micro-environme…
meta-analysis
2023
Deep endometriosis (DE) is the most severe subtype of endometriosis, with the hallmark of lesions infiltrating adjacent tissue. Abnormal vascularisation has been implicated in contributing to endometriosis lesion development in general, and…