Shih-Fen Chen

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2021
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2020.8431

Background: Abnormalities in the immune system of endometriosis has been demonstrated and may reflect the chronic inflammatory response or the autoimmune reaction to the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a…

observational 2020
Journal of affective disorders ·doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.047

BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis (EM) have increased vulnerability to certain psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety, as well as bipolar disorder (BD). This study investigates the risk of BD development in EM patients. …

observational 2020
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-020-05726-9

PURPOSE: The etiology of endometriosis is mostly under-explored, but abnormalities in the immune system leading to an autoimmune reaction have been suggested. The systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the most common autoimmune disea…