Márcia Cristina França Ferreira

Reproducibility package for Model A0, a deterministic threshold model developed for evidence-constrained early evaluation of Health AI and applied to AI-assisted endometriosis pathway activation in Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS). Mode…

Reproducibility package for Model A0, a deterministic threshold model developed for evidence-constrained early evaluation of Health AI and applied to AI-assisted endometriosis pathway activation in Brazil's Unified Health System (SUS). Mode…

•Chronic pelvic pain is a common and complex condition that significantly affects women's quality of life. •Neuropathic pain and nociplastic pain are important components in the pain picture of these patients and should be considered in cli…

As much of our attention in the last weeks was drawn to the challenges of implementing successful Covid-19 vaccination strategies worldwide, it is worth pointing out that March has brought up anoth...

Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) is a clinical staging system created to predict spontaneous pregnancy outcomes in patients with endometriosis. The present study aimed at evaluating the performance of EFI in symptomatic patients, submitt…

Endometriosis is a common benign disease that affects young women and carries a significant risk to the reproductive organs. Studies have shown that endometriosis is associated with diminished ovarian reserve and worse prognosis in assisted…

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…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of our Facebook fan page and compare it to similar pages. METHODS: The authors reviewed page-specific metrics provided by Facebook, including number of fans, their age and sex, and co…

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…

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…

Introduction Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory and angiogenic factor produced by activated macrophages. TNF acts through the cell membrane receptors TNFR1 and TNFR2, whose soluble forms play an important role in regulating TN…

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be associated with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The standard treatment for CLL-associated ITP is steroids. For refractory cases, various treatment strategies such as rituximab, splenectomy, and throm…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of myeloperoxidase (MPO), N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in peripheral and menstrual blood in women wi…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic benign gynecologic disease that can cause pelvic pain and infertility affecting almost 10% of reproductive-age women. Deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is a specific entity responsible for painfu…

Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease afffecting about 10% of all reproductive-age women which can significantly impair quality of life. As the clinical presentation is variable, with some women experiencing several severe symptom…

Endometriosis is a benign gynecological disease afffecting about 10% of all reproductive-age women which can significantly impair quality of life. As the clinical presentation is variable, with som...

Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue that can cause pelvic pain and infertility. Almost 10% of reproductive age women have endometriosis. Definitive diagno...

Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by ectopic endometrial tissue that can cause pelvic pain and infertility. Almost 10% of reproductive age women have endometriosis. Definitive diagnosis requires surgical intervention and hist…

The aim of this study was to investigate whether activin A has an effect on the attachment and/or invasion of endometrial cells in a modeled peritoneum in vitro. Cultured endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and endometrial epithelial cells (EE…

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 …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and peptide localization of follistatin and follistatin-like protein (FLRG) in ovarian endometriosis, compared to healthy human endometrium. DESIGN: Samples of ovarian endometrioti…