Shakil Ahmed

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • article 3
  • review 2
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • mesh:D004715 3
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • endometrioma 1
article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2025.100148

• There is a high prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), affecting 74.2% of women with chronic pelvic pain. • Women without endometriosis were significantly more likely to have IBS compared to those with endometriosis. • Patients wit…

article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jeud.2025.100121

• Urine tests were the preferred option for the diagnosis of endometriosis • Tampon and stool tests were considered to be “uncomfortable” or “embarrassing” • All non-invasive tests were found to be acceptable if accurate for diagnosis Chron…

review 2023
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoad033

STUDY QUESTION: What is the role of iron in the pathophysiology of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Iron excess is demonstrated wherever endometriotic tissues are found and is associated with oxidative stress, an inflammatory micro-environmen…

review 2023
Cells ·doi:10.3390/cells12091318

Deep endometriosis (DE) is the most severe subtype of endometriosis, with the hallmark of lesions infiltrating adjacent tissue. Abnormal vascularisation has been implicated in contributing to endometriosis lesion development in general, and…

letter 2019
Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland ·doi:10.1111/codi.14567

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article 2018
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC ·doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2018.06.023