Antonella Napolitano

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
meta-analysis 2019
Hormonal contraception in women with endometriosis: a systematic review
The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception ·doi:10.1080/13625187.2018.1550576

OBJECTIVE: A systematic review was carried out of studies of women with endometriosis, to examine the evidence for efficacy of the use of hormonal contraception to improve disease-related pain and decrease postoperative risk of disease recu…

review 2016
Metabolic impact of combined hormonal contraceptives containing estradiol
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology ·doi:10.1080/17425255.2016.1190832

INTRODUCTION: Is the replacement of ethinyl-estradiol (EE) with estradiol (E2) in combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) associated with fewer metabolic effects, leading to a further improvement on safety of hormonal contraceptives? AREAS…

observational 2014
Pelvic pain and quality of life of women with endometriosis during quadriphasic estradiol valerate/dienogest oral contraceptive: a patient-preference prospective 24-week pilot study
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114556488

OBJECTIVE: The progestin dienogest (DNG) given alone effectively reduces pelvic pain of women with endometriosis. It is not clear whether the same occurs when DNG is associated with estradiol (E2). DESIGN: Patient preference prospective ob…

other 2014
Prospective measurement of blood pressure and heart rate over 24 h in women using combined oral contraceptives with estradiol
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2014.05.011

OBJECTIVE: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) containing ethinyl-estradiol are known to increase blood pressure (BP). We evaluated whether COCs containing estradiol (E2) influence 24-h ambulatory BP and heart rate (HR) in normotensive and …