John C Thomson

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2004-2005

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • endometriosis 2
  • dyspareunia 2
article 2005
Chronic inflammation of the peritoneum and vagina: review of its significance, immunologic pathogenesis, investigation and rationale for treatment.

Chronic inflammation is not an infrequent histologic finding in symptomatic gynecologic patients. It is present in 14.6% of peritoneal biopsies in women with chronic pelvic pain in whom no other cause of pain is evident. It is found in almo…

other 2005
Chronic inflammation of the vagina: treatment and relationship to autoimmunity
The Journal of reproductive medicine

OBJECTIVE: To investigate noninfective, symptomatic, chronic inflammation (CI) of the vaginal mucosa to determine its prevalence and immunologic basis and to initiate an immunologic approach to treatment and assess the response. STUDY DESI…

other 2005
Chronic pelvic pain associated with autoimmunity and systemic and peritoneal inflammation and treatment with immune modification
The Journal of reproductive medicine

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of chronic inflammation of the pelvic peritoneum, systemic inflammation and autoimmunity in chronic pelvic pain and to explore the significance of these findings and assess the response to treatment wi…

article 2005
Chronic pelvic pain associated with autoimmunity and systemic and peritoneal inflammation and treatment with immune modification.
·doi:10.1016/0378-4347(91)80403-y

A new system for the isolation and purification of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and related molecules from complex systems such as plasma is described. Affinity chromatography which exploits the very high affinity between the polymeric base Po…

article 2004
Pelvic pain caused by intraperitoneal Enterobius vermicularis (threadworm) ova with an associated systemic autoimmune reaction
·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2003.00164.x

AIM: The aim of this paper, based on a case study was two-fold; firstly to review the sites and gynecologic complications of ectopic Enterobius vermicularis and secondly study the autoimmune accompaniments of parasitic infestations. METHODS…