Georgios Koumantakis

other 2017

Extra pelvic endometriosis: Retrospective analysis on 200 cases in two different countries

European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.08.019

OBJECTIVE(S): The purpose of the study was to review patients' characteristics and the location of extrapelvic endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Out of 1000 women with endometriosis during a 20year period, we found 200 cases with extra pelvic e…

article 2017

The Familial Risk of Endometriosis among the Female Relatives of Patients with Endometriosis in Greece

·doi:10.5301/jeppd.5000290

Introduction Endometriosis is a gynecologic disease affecting up to 10% of the women and a major cause of pain and infertility. It is a complex genetic disease with an overall heritability estimated at around 4%. We aimed to study the famil…

article 2008

Familial aggregation of endometriosis in the Yale Series

Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-008-0644-1

article 2008

The familial risk of breast cancer in women with endometriosis from Yale series

Surgical oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2008.01.002

article 2003

Altered expression of interleukin-18 in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01122-1

article 2003

Increased levels of interleukin-15 in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis: inverse correlation with stage and depth of invasion

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg083

BACKGROUND: Interleukin (IL)-15 is a novel cytokine with immunoregulatory and angiogenic properties. We compared IL-15 levels in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with and without endometriosis. METHODS: PF samples were obtained from 55 wo…

article 2003

Increased Pregnancy‐Associated Plasma Protein‐A (PAPP‐A) Concentrations in Peritoneal Fluid of Women with Endometriosis

American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.01164.x

PROBLEM: Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) belongs to a group of glycoproteins isolated from extracts of human placenta. Healthy ovarian and uterine tissues are also known to express PAPP-A. We hypothesized that PAPP-A levels m…

article 2003

Increased soluble VEGF levels in endometriosis appears independent of clinical indices

·doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2003.10.007

article 2003

Serum concentrations of growth factors in women with and without endometriosis: the action of anti-endometriosis medicines

International immunopharmacology ·doi:10.1016/s1567-5769(02)00216-3

article 2002

Low penetrance genes associated with increased susceptibility to endometriosis

·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03075-8

article 2002

Pulmonary endometriosis in a patient with unicornuate uterus and noncommunicating rudimentary horn

Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03188-6