Márcia C Ferreira
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· 4 papers in corpus
review
2019
Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disorder which presents significant challenges in terms of diagnosis and management. Despite decades of research, there are no sufficiently sensitive and specific signs and symptoms nor blood tests fo…
lab-animal
2017
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease that still needs surgery to be confirmed. Endometriosis is associated with increased plasma levels of phosphatidylcholines. 18F-fluorocholine ([18F]FCH) is a radiopharmaceutical that is metabolized to…
other
2017
AIM: To test whether plasma BDNF levels are useful to predict the presence of endometriosis in women with pelvic pain. PATIENTS & METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional study including 67 consecutive women aged 24-49 years, scheduled for lap…
observational
2007
Activin A and follistatin are growth factors produced by several organs, comprising the endometrium, where they modulate cell and tissue differentiation. In this study, the authors tested whether activin A and follistatin are measurable in …