S Kirtley

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2010-2023

Study types

  • review 3
  • article 1
  • other 1
  • paratext 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2023
·doi:10.33140/iimj.01.04.01

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the presence of ectopic endometrium-like tissue in extrauterine sites (ovaries, uterosacral ligaments, fallopian tubes or peritoneum), affecting up to 10% of young women. Clinical ma…

review 2022
·doi:10.33140/jgrm.06.04.07

Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…

review 2017
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmx011

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is typically regarded as a premenopausal disease, resolving after natural or iatrogenic menopause due to declining oestrogen levels. Nonetheless, case reports over the years have highlighted the incidence of recurr…

paratext 2017
·doi:10.1055/s-007-33767
other 2011
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmr013

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is usually diagnosed by an invasive procedure such as a laparoscopy. Great interest therefore lies in the potential to identify biomarkers which may be surrogates of disease presence or activity, especially relatin…

review 2010
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmq009

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is estimated to affect 1 in 10 women during the reproductive years. There is often delay in making the diagnosis, mainly due to the non-specific nature of the associated symptoms and the need to verify the disease …