Fernanda A Mafra
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· 5 papers in corpus
article
2016
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a disease with an unknown pathogenesis that can lead to infertility. Endometrial polyps, fibroids, and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have relatively high frequency and are causes of infertility. We hypothes…
article
2013
Background and aimsConsidering the complex cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in endometriosis formation and progression and the similarities concerning the association of endometriosis with tumorigenesis and metastasis, we hypothes…
article
2012
ObjectiveTo consider a possible cumulative effect of two genetic polymorphisms (FOXP3 C-2383T/rs3761549 and FCRL3 C-169T/rs7528684) that were previously shown to be associated with endometriosis.DesignGenetic association study.SettingHuman …
article
2012
IntroductionTyrosine kinase 2 gene (TYK2) is part of the janus kinase (JAK) that binds to the type I interferon-α receptor (IFNAR) on the cell surface of IFN-producing cells, and have crucial importance in the etiology of autoimmune and inf…
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2010
ObjectiveTo establish the frequency of LHbeta G1502A polymorphism in infertile women with endometriosis, infertile women without endometriosis and a control group.Study designCase-control study including 110 infertile women with endometrios…