Laura M. Maia

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2007-2017

Study types

  • article 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • infertility 2
  • endometrioma 2
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
article 2017
Biomarkers in medicine ·doi:10.2217/bmm-2016-0327

AIM: To test whether plasma BDNF levels are useful to predict the presence of endometriosis in women with pelvic pain. PATIENTS & METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional study including 67 consecutive women aged 24-49 years, scheduled for lapa…

article 2017
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2017.1380188

Accurate noninvasive diagnostic tests for endometriosis are still missing. This study evaluated the predictive value of the neuropeptide urocortin 1 (Ucn1) to detect pelvic endometriosis in symptomatic women. We enrolled prospectively 97 co…

article 2016
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000443956

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease for which no accurate peripheral diagnostic marker is available. Many cytokines and chemokines have been found altered in the plasma and peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosi…

article 2010
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.05.001
article 2007
·doi:10.1590/s0100-72032007000800007

OBJETIVO: avaliar a freqüência e fatores associados à endometriose de cicatriz cirúrgica. MÉTODOS: foi realizado estudo observacional, tipo coorte retrospectivo, a partir da revisão de prontuários de pacientes do Hospital das Clínicas da Un…