C Romanini
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· 11 papers in corpus
rct
2000
OBJECTIVE: This is a randomized clinical trial comparing estroprogestin (E/P) pill given for 12 months vs. gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist (GNRHa) given for 4 months followed by E/P pill treatment for 8 months in the relief of endom…
rct
2000
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if minilaparoscopy under local anesthesia is at least as reliable and affordable as that performed under general anesthesia. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTI…
other
1999
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To draw a map of pelvic pain and quantify the level of provoked pain during minilaparoscopy under local anesthesia and conscious sedation. DESIGN: Observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Un…
other
1997
PROBLEM: Factors regulating the development, growth, and differentiation of endometrial cells of endometriotic lesions are poorly understood. To investigate the paracrine-autocrine regulation of ectopic endometrial cell growth, the expressi…
observational
1996
OBJECTIVE: The object of this study was to analyse the tissue and serum metalloproteinase (MMP-2), an enzyme which degrades the basement membrane collagen type IV, as a potential marker useful in prognostic evaluation and clinical monitorin…
observational
1994
Serum CA-125 concentrations were investigated preoperatively in 91 consecutive women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain and/or annexial cysts. The presence and extent of endometriosis were carefully assessed, including the …
other
1994
The objective of this study was to assess the human papillomavirus DNA presence in vaginal papillary lesions, with particular regard to micropapillomatosis to better define their clinical significance. Prospective study: the study populatio…
other
1993
From 1985 to 1991, 9 patients with endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary were treated and followed at the University of Ancona, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Four patients (44.4%) had Stage I disease, 1 (11.1%) Stage II, 1 (11.1%) …
observational
1993
A longitudinal evaluation of the natural killer (NK) cell activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes was performed in 17 patients with advanced ovarian cancer (treated surgically and with subsequent multiagent chemotherapy) for a median follo…
observational
1993
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between natural killer cell activity and serum estradiol (E2) levels in patients with different stages of endometriosis. METHODS: Natural killer cell activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and serum…
case-report
1992
Malignant transformation arising in endometriosis has been reported in some cases. Following Sampson's criteria, about 0.7%-1% of all cases of endometriosis undergo malignant transformation and the ovary is the most frequent site. A case is…