Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: a multicenter study across ten countries
Kelechi E Nnoaham,Lone Hummelshoj,Premila Webster,Thomas D'Hooghe,Fiorenzo De Cicco Nardone,Carlo de Cicco Nardone,Crispin Jenkinson,Stephen Kennedy,Krina T. Zondervan,Krina T. Zondervan +9 more
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Endometriosis impairs HRQoL and work productivity across countries and ethnicities, yet women continue to experience diagnostic delays in primary care, and a higher index of suspicion is needed to expedite specialist assessment of symptomatic women.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1007 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Endometriosis & Pelvic pain.read more
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Model Systems in Endometriosis Research: Translation, Translation, Translation!
TL;DR: Understanding of the pathogenesis and, more importantly, the resilience of endometriosis is far from complete, and it is evident that drug attrition has the most costly impact on the total R&D spending.
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Clinical studies investigating the use of leuprorelin in Asian women with endometriosis: a review.
TL;DR: The research that has been conducted supports the use of leuprorelin in an Asian population of women with endometriosis, and four studies were identified, showing that leuprarelin significantly improves pain and quality of life.
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Hormonal, apoptotic, proliferative and inflammatory markers’ expression in Desogestrel-treated women with ovarian endometriosis
TL;DR: In this article , the authors performed an analysis to demonstrate the molecular changes that occur in endometriosis synthetic progestin-treated patients, hoping to sketch a possible pathophysiological pathway that will help us to better understand and treat this debilitating disease.
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Avaliação de fatores prognósticos de fertilidade em mulheres com endometriose intestinal submetidas à tratamento cirúrgico conservador
TL;DR: O principal problema em pacientes com endometriose colorretal e determinar a melhor estrategia terapeutica de acordo com a prioridade da paciente, nao ha consenso se a cirurgia ou tecnicas de reproducao assistida sao mais indicadas como primeira linha.
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Vitamin D inhibited endometriosis development in mice model through interleukin 17 modulation
TL;DR: In this paper , the effect of different doses of vitamin D on IL-17 expression in endometriosis mice models was studied and a statistical test was performed to determine whether stratified doses have different outcomes.
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