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• Endometriosis.

  Endometriosis is an oestrogen-dependent disorder that can result in substantial morbidity, including pelvic pain, multiple operations, and infertility. New findings on the genetics, the possible roles…

  Authors: Linda C Giudice, Lee C Kao

  Source: Lancet 2004 Nov 13-19

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• Role of K-ras and Pten in the development of mouse models of endometriosis and endometrioid ovarian cancer.

  Epithelial ovarian tumors present a complex clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic challenge because of the difficulty of early detection, lack of known precursor lesions and high mortality rates. Endom…

  Authors: Daniela M Dinulescu, Tan A Ince, Bradley J Quade, Sarah A Shafer, Denise Crowley, Tyler Jacks

  Source: Nature medicine 2005 Jan

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• Selective progesterone receptor modulator development and use in the treatment of leiomyomata and endometriosis.

  Selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs) represent a new class of progesterone receptor ligands. SPRMs exert clinically relevant tissue-selective progesterone agonist, antagonist, or mixed a…

  Authors: Kristof Chwalisz, Maria Claudia Perez, Deborah Demanno, Craig Winkel, Gerd Schubert, Walter Elger

  Source: Endocrine reviews 2005 May

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• Epigenetics of endometriosis.

  Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disorder with an enigmatic etiopathogenesis. Although it has been proposed that endometriosis is a hormonal disease, an autoimmune disease, a genetic disease, and…

  Authors: Sun-Wei Guo

  Source: Molecular human reproduction 2009 Oct

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• Recurrence of endometriosis and its control.

  BACKGROUND Although surgery is currently the treatment of choice for managing endometriosis, recurrence poses a formidable challenge. To delay or to eliminate the recurrence is presently an unmet medi…

  Authors: Sun-Wei Guo

  Source: Human reproduction update 2009 Jul-Aug

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• Endometriosis: new genetic approaches and therapy.

  Endometriosis is a relatively common condition in women of reproductive age and is associated with considerable morbidity. Despite an extensive literature describing its multiple clinical manifestatio…

  Authors: David H Barlow, Stephen Kennedy

  Source: Annual review of medicine 2005

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• Pharmacological treatment of endometriosis: experience with aromatase inhibitors.

  Current treatment of endometriosis is mainly based on surgery and ovarian suppressive agents. In the last 10 years, it has been demonstrated that aromatase P450, a key enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis…

  Authors: Simone Ferrero, Pier L Venturini, Nicola Ragni, Giovanni Camerini, Valentino Remorgida

  Source: Drugs 2009

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• Fertility after bowel resection for endometriosis.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the pregnancy rate after bowel resection for rectosigmoid endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-six symptomatic women…

  Authors: Simone Ferrero, Paola Anserini, Luiza Helena Abbamonte, Nicola Ragni, Giovanni Camerini, Valentino Remorgida

  Source: Fertility and sterility 2009 Jul

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• A logistic model for the prediction of endometriosis.

  OBJECTIVE: To develop a model that uses individual and lesion characteristics to help surgeons choose lesions that have a high probability of containing histologically confirmed endometriosis. DESIGN:…

  Authors: Barbara J Stegmann, Michele Jonsson Funk, Ninet Sinaii, Katherine E Hartmann, James Segars, Lynnette K Nieman, Pamela Stratton

  Source: Fertility and sterility 2009 Jan

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• Catamenial and noncatamenial, endometriosis-related or nonendometriosis-related pneumothorax referred for surgery.

  RATIONALE: Catamenial and endometriosis-related pneumothorax are considered relatively rare entities. Their clinical characteristics and outcome are incompletely known. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the fre…

  Authors: Marco Alifano, Christine Jablonski, Habiba Kadiri, Pierre Falcoz, Anne Gompel, Sophie Camilleri-Broet, Jean-François Regnard

  Source: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2007 Nov 15

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