Daniela Lico

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1-4% of women and is associated with infertility and reduced life expectancy. Most cases are idiopathic, and a genetic alteration is often the most plausible cause. In t…

Ultrasound feature GTN = 51 PSTT = 3 P-value Endometrial thickness >20 mm (N, %) 15 (29.4%) 1 (33.3%) ns Myometrial nodule (N, %) 37 (71.2%) 3 (100%) ns Nodule vascularization at Color Doppler (N, %) 27 (90%) 2 (66.6%) ns Nodule maximum dia…

At present, infertility is a key-issue. When applicable, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become the standard approach to treat this condition but a thorough investigation and, whenever possible, the individual diagnosis of the underlying c…

Background The study aim was to assess the reliability in the diagnosis of superficial endometriosis of the combined evaluation of 2 parameters: modifications of serum CA125 and VAS pain score following 1 dose of GnRH analog (GnRH-a). Metho…

BACKGROUND: In the last decade, both endocrine and ultrasound data have been tested to verify their usefulness for assessing ovarian reserve, but the ideal marker does not yet exist. The purpose of this study was to find, if any, a statisti…

Copyright © 2013 Michele Morelli et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative CommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is pro…

A 41-year-old woman referred to us with dysmenorrhea and severe pelvic pain although she was previously submitted to right laparotomic adnexectomy for ovarian endometrioma and to a subsequent operative laparoscopy for pelvic adhesions. Afte…