Ronfani L

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article 2024
Epidemiologia e prevenzione ·doi:10.19191/ep24.1.a677.021

BACKGROUND: endometriosis is a chronic condition with a significant impact on women's health, featured by endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. A limited number of studies have been conducted in the general population, and the true…

article 2020
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230828

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a debilitating gynecologic disease characterized by the implantation of endometrial tissue in ectopic locations, with signs of severe and chronic inflammation. The new knowledge on endometriosis has highlighted …

2020
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-019-57037-y

Although there is no evidence that elevated rates of cesarean sections (CS) translate into reduced maternal/child perinatal morbidity or mortality, CS have been increasingly overused almost everywhere, both in high and low-income countries.…

2019
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55389-z

Cesarean sections (CS) have become increasingly common in both developed and developing countries, raising legitimate concerns regarding their appropriateness. Since improvement of obstetric care at the hospital level needs quantitative evi…

article 2016
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154227

Despite being quite frequent and having serious implications in terms of symptomatology and fertility, data on incidence and prevalence of endometriosis and adenomyosis following gold standard definitions are dramatically lacking. The avera…

2015
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61340-x

BackgroundThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable compariso…