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Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the presence of ectopic endometrium-like tissue in extrauterine sites (ovaries, uterosacral ligaments, fallopian tubes or peritoneum), affecting up to 10% of young women. Clinical ma…

OBJECTIVE: Cohort and case-control studies have suggested that adult physical activity (PA) may lower endometriosis risk and improve symptoms, but evidence is still controversial. To add information on leisure and occupational PA impact, if…

We analyzed epidemiologic characteristics of women at risk for endometrial hyperplasia (EH), using data from a case-control study. One hundred twenty nine women aged 35-73 (median 51 years) with histologically confirmed complex endometrial …

The evidence of the efficacy of preoperative medical treatment with danazol, gonadotrophin releasing-hormone agonists (GnRHa) or progestins in facilitating surgery and improving the long-term results of myomectomy, hysteroscopic metroplasty…

The following review considers the main epidemiologic data on oral contraceptives (OC) and the risk of major benign gynecologic diseases. Earlier studies investigating the relationship between OC use and functional ovarian cysts indicated t…

The Authors report a case of Castleman's disease in a 45-year-old woman. She was admitted to hospital because of a thrombophlebitis of the left lower limb. An abdominal echotomography showed evidence of a mass with a diameter of about 6 cm …

A series of 401 therapeutic donor insemination (TDI) cycles was analyzed for determining the effect on fecundability of fresh versus cryopreserved semen, the number of inseminations per cycle, recipient age, and the reproductive health of t…