Joaquín Laboy

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2007-2014

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • infertility 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • dyspareunia 1
other 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719113497267

BACKGROUND: The histone modification patterns in endometriosis have not been fully characterized. This gap in knowledge results in a poor understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms (and potential therapeutic targets) at play. We aimed to (1…

article 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.001

This study was conducted to assess genetic associations with endometriosis in a Puerto Rican population. Statistically significant differences in the allelic frequencies and genotype distribution of genetic variants in lysyl oxidase-like pr…

article 2009
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.017

The objective of this study was to assess the burden of endometriosis by obtaining patient-reported outcome data describing the experience of living with this disease. Survey data from 107 women with self-reported, surgically diagnosed endo…

article 2008
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.259
article 2007
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.08.010

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis and its symptoms in a Puerto Rican cohort, and to describe the menstrual, obstetric, and clinical profiles of the women. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was given to 1285 Pu…

article 2007
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/77.s1.211b

Endometriosis is a common, incurable gynecologic disease of unknown etiology, which causes incapacitating pain during menses and infertility. There are no specific non-invasive diagnostic tests for endometriosis, therefore diagnosis is curr…