Sarah Moustafa

BackgroundEndometriosis, a chronic disease that afflicts millions of women worldwide, has traditionally been diagnosed by laparoscopic surgery. This diagnostic barrier delays identification and treatment by years, resulting in prolonged pai…

(Abstracted from Am J Obstet Gynecol 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.050) Endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disorder causing pain and infertility, affects nearly 10% of reproductive age women. Despite its high prevalence, the average …

Recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is an uncommon, imprecisely defined clinical disorder characterized by failure to achieve pregnancy after repeated embryo transfers. The diverse etiologies and incomplete understanding of RIF provide sig…

Context: Endometriosis is characterized by aberrant inflammation. We previously reported increased levels of microRNA (miRNA) 125b-5p and decreased levels of miRNA Let-7b-5p in serum of patients with endometriosis. Objective: Determine the …