Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of endometriosis

AW Horne, SA Missmer - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth
worldwide. It is a chronic, inflammatory, gynecologic disease marked by the presence of …

The association between endometriosis and autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Shigesi, M Kvaskoff, S Kirtley, Q Feng… - Human reproduction …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological disorder that affects 2–10% of
women of reproductive age. The aetiology of endometriosis is largely under-explored, yet …

ESHRE guideline: endometriosis

CM Becker, A Bokor, O Heikinheimo… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION How should endometriosis be diagnosed and managed based on the
best available evidence from published literature? SUMMARY ANSWER The current …

Strengths and limitations of diagnostic tools for endometriosis and relevance in diagnostic test accuracy research

E Pascoal, JM Wessels, MK Aas‐Eng… - … in obstetrics & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease that can cause pain, infertility and reduced
quality of life. Diagnosing endometriosis remains challenging, which yields diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers in endometriosis: challenges and opportunities

SH Ahn, V Singh, C Tayade - Fertility and sterility, 2017 - Elsevier
Endometriosis is a debilitating gynecologic disease affecting millions of women across the
world, with symptoms including dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. Theorized …

Diagnosis of endometriosis in the 21st century

L Kiesel, M Sourouni - Climacteric, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Endometriosis is a common disease but, due to the wide spectrum of symptoms, diagnosis
can be delayed 8–12 years. Laparoscopy is nowadays the gold standard for diagnosis. A …

An integrated multi-tissue approach for endometriosis candidate biomarkers: a systematic review

A Brulport, M Bourdon, D Vaiman, C Drouet… - Reproductive Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Biomarker identification could help in deciphering endometriosis pathophysiology in
addition to their use in the development of non invasive diagnostic and prognostic …

Combination of the non‐invasive tests for the diagnosis of endometriosis

V Nisenblat, L Prentice, PMM Bossuyt… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background About 10% of women of reproductive age suffer from endometriosis, a costly
chronic disease causing pelvic pain and subfertility. Laparoscopy is the gold standard …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen-progestins and progestins for the management of endometriosis

P Vercellini, L Buggio, N Berlanda, G Barbara… - Fertility and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Endometriosis is characterized by frequent recurrences of symptoms and lesions even after
extirpative surgery. Because medical therapies control but do not cure the disease, long …

An evidence‐based approach to assessing surgical versus clinical diagnosis of symptomatic endometriosis

HS Taylor, GD Adamson, MP Diamond… - … of Gynecology & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Challenges intrinsic to the accurate diagnosis of endometriosis contribute to an extended
delay between the onset of symptoms and clinical confirmation. Intraoperative visualization …