L Selvaggi

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1996-2015

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • mesh:D004715 7
  • endometriosis 6
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article 2015
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ·doi:10.3109/01443615.2015.1004526

Endometriosis is a common benign gynaecological condition affecting 5–15% of women in their reproductive age and only 3–5% of post-menopausal women, in which endometrial tissue grows outside uterin...

article 2012
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.11179

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the presurgical assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Ninety women were enro…

other 2011
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology ·doi:10.1177/039463201102400221

There is increasing evidence that autoimmune phenomena, including auto-antibody production, may affect fertility in women with endometriosis. The aims of this study are to evaluate anti-laminin-1 antibody (aLN-1) presence in sera and in fol…

article 2010
·doi:10.1093/humrep/de.25.s1.242

Introduction: Endometriosis, defined as the growth of endometrial tissue outside \nthe uterine cavity is a common gynaecological disorder affecting 10-15% \nof women in their reproductive years. It is a major clinical problem causing in- \n…

review 2005
International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society ·doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.15303.x

This article will focus on the results of the Women's Health Initiative on the effects of hormone replacement therapy on coronary heart disease, stroke, venous thromboembolism, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. Data from other relevant …

article 2002
European journal of clinical investigation ·doi:10.1046/j.1365-2362.2002.00960.x

BACKGROUND: Changes in angiogenesis and expression of extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes have been substantiated in tumour changeover and progression. METHODS: Tissues from 44 biopsies of stage III and IV ovarian endometriomas, and 10 b…

article 2001
International journal of molecular medicine ·doi:10.3892/ijmm.7.4.423

Increased concentrations of TGF-beta 1 in endometriotic tissue are considered important in the pathophysiology of endometrial diseases since TGF-beta 1 may inhibit natural killer activity and induce angiogenesis and proliferation of endomet…

other 2001
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(01)00434-1

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in detecting uterine cavity abnormalities in infertile patients, with reference to hysteroscopy as the gold standard method. STUDY DESIGN: At the Institute of…

article 1999
·doi:10.1016/s0378-5122(98)00095-4
article 1996
·doi:10.1089/gyn.1996.12.47

Changes in prostaglandins, vascular reactivity, fibrinolytic system, or other autocrine and paracrine uterine factors are presumed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). Here we report the hys…