Tonglet R — Endo Lab

article 2006

Environmental and host-associated risk factors in endometriosis and deep endometriotic nodules: A matched case–control study

Environmental research ·doi:10.1016/j.envres.2006.04.004

Peritoneal endometriosis (PE) and deep endometriotic nodules (DEN) are gynecological diseases recently shown to be associated with elevated serum concentrations of organochlorines. The objective of the present study was to compare risk fact…

other 2005

Increased dioxin-like compounds in the serum of women with peritoneal endometriosis and deep endometriotic (adenomyotic) nodules

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.001

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible association between the body burden of dioxin-like compounds and endometriotic disease. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Gynecology ward in a university hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventy-one women w…

article 2004

Assessment of cadmium impregnation in women suffering from endometriosis: a preliminary study

Toxicology letters ·doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.07.006

Environmental chemicals with oestrogen-like activity are suspected aetiological factors of endometriosis. In animal experiments, cadmium was recently shown to possess oestrogen-like properties. In the frame of a case-control study designed …

other 2004

Increased serum polychlorobiphenyl levels in Belgian women with adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum

Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.011

The sum of bulk polychlorobiphenyl levels was significantly higher in women with rectovaginal adenomyosis than in women with endometriosis and controls.