By Özge ÖzkayaThe Endometrium Itself is Genetically Different in Endometriosis Patients
By Özge Özkaya
A comprehensive, but preliminary insight for understanding how endometriosis occurs
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By Yu YuTreatment of Endometriosis-Associated Pain with Elagolix, an Oral GnRH Antagonist.
By Yu Yu
Exciting Phase 3 trials of Elagolix for Endometriosis-Associated Pain
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By Kasthuri NairCombination Therapy Proves More Efficient in the Treatment of Endometriosis
By Kasthuri Nair
This study shows the increased effectiveness of combination therapy, namely telmisartan -an anti-hypertensive-, with parecoxib -an anti-inflammatory-, in the treatment of endometriotic lesions.
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By Asli Bahadirli TalbottBody size, adult height and endometriosis
By Asli Bahadirli Talbott
Endometriosis is associated with lean body size during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; tall total adult height; and tall sitting height, found researchers.
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A potential indicator of invasive endometriosis.
By Asli Bahadirli Talbott
The protein encoded by ZEB1 gene (Zinc finger E-box-Binding homeobox) may be a potential indicator of invasive endometriosis.
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By Murat OsmanCharacteristics of endometriosis in adolescents and young girls
By Murat Osman
This study aimed to evaluate endometriosis in adolescent girls and women to assess the clinical characteristics or risk factors associated with developing endometriosis earlier or later in life.
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Female Sex Hormone Necessary but not Enough to Cause Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Estrogen, that is known to be associated with endometriosis is not enough to cause the disease according to new research.
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How Resveratrol is effective in endometriosis?
By Asli Bahadirli Talbott
Resveratrol could potentially be a treatment option for individuals who have endometriosis.
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By Demet Candaş GreenWomen with endometriosis suffer from anxiety and depression
By Demet Candaş Green
Several studies suggest that endometriosis patients suffer from anxiety and depression. Treatment of these psychiatric comorbidities should be taken into consideration when treating endometriosis symptoms in these patients.
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Could the cell surface protein "EWI-2" be the new diagnostic marker for endometriosis?
By Murat Osman
A cell surface protein and an early activation marker, EWI-2 gene expression is downregulated in patients with endometriosis compared to those without.
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Asian Women at Higher Risk of Endometriosis and Less Likely to Conceive with IVF but not Because of their Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
Almost one-tenth of the women were diagnosed with endometriosis with 3.5% also receiving a diagnosis of endometrioma (or ovarian chocolate cyst). The prevalence of endometriosis was significantly higher among Filipino, Indian, Japanese, and Korean women compared to Caucasian women with…
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Endometriosis as a Barrier to Fertility
By Murat Osman
"Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS)" June 2017 issue aims to emphasize the effects of endometriosis on women's reproductive health
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TFF3 May Be Involved in Endometriosis Research Suggests
By Özge Özkaya
They found that the levels of local TFF3 in the mice were significantly elevated up to four weeks after transplantation (corresponding to early endometriosis). This increase also matched to an increase in the weight of the animals’ spleen, which is…
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Can a cure be developed for endometriosis?
By Asli Bahadirli Talbott
Research Priorities in Endometriosis
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A Cholesterol-Lowering Drug and an Anticancer Drug May Be Alternative Treatments Against Endometriosis
By Özge Özkaya
When the researchers analyzed the thickness of endometrial tissue and the volume of the uterus, they saw that these were also more significantly reduced in the rats treated with rosuvastatin compared to those treated with dienogest.
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Endometriosis Micrometastasis
By Yu Yu
Endometriosis micrometastasis may explain the broad spectrum of non-pelvic symptoms experienced by women with endometriosis, such as nonpelvic pain, fatigue, malaise, eating disorders, anthropometric variation, endocrine and metabolic dysfunction, immunologic defects, and sociopsychological issues that impair their quality of life
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Endometriosis Reduces Chance of Having a Baby Even with Assisted Reproduction, Study Shows
By Özge Özkaya
The results showed that 99 women who became pregnant using fresh embryo transfer miscarried (corresponding to 16.8% of all 588 women) while 489 women (83.2%) gave birth to a baby.
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By Karime Kalil MachadoPatient-completed or symptom-based screening tools for endometriosis: a scoping review.
By Karime Kalil Machado
Patient-centered endometriosis screening
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Scientists Grow Miniature Model of Human Endometrium in the Laboratory
By Özge Özkaya
“Single cells from both endometrium and decidua (the name given to the endometrium during pregnancy) can generate a fully functional organoid,” the researchers wrote.
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How rats can help improve colon endometriosis treatment in humans
By Demet Candaş Green
An experimental rat model was developed for the first time to study human colon endometriosis
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