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· 11 papers in corpus
· active 2010-2020
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- article 8
- other 1
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- endometriosis 8
- adenomyosis 2
- infertility 1
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article
2020
BackgroundAdenomyosis symptoms are disabling. Population-based data on incidence and prevalence of adenomyosis are lacking that could guide future evidence-based treatments and clinical management.ObjectiveTo evaluate the incidence, 10-year…
2019
IntroductionUterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus and are associated with considerable morbidity. Diagnosis codes have been used to identify fibroid cases, but their accuracy, especially for incident cases, is unc…
article
2015
ObjectiveTo study early-life factors in relation to endometriosis risk in adulthood.DesignPopulation-based case-control study.SettingIntegrated healthcare system.Patient(s)Cases (n = 310) were women diagnosed for the first time with endomet…
article
2014
STUDY QUESTION: Is bisphenol A (BPA) exposure associated with the risk of endometriosis, an estrogen-driven disease of women of reproductive age? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our study suggests that increased urinary BPA is associated with an increased …
article
2013
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is considered an estrogen-dependent disease. Persistent environmental chemicals that exhibit hormonal properties, such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), may affect endometriosis risk. OBJECTIVE: We investigated …
article
2013
BackgroundPhthalates are ubiquitous environmental chemicals with endocrine disruptive properties. The impact of these chemicals on endocrine-related disease in reproductive-age women is not well understood.ObjectiveTo investigate the relati…
article
2011
ObjectiveUsing a medical record abstraction-based case-control study with two control groups, we evaluated adenomyosis risk factors and investigated differences related to comparison group selection.Materials and methodsMedical records of a…
2011
ICD-9 codes are conventionally used to identify pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) from administrative data for surveillance purposes. This approach may include non-PID cases. To refine PID case identification among women with ICD-9 codes su…
other
2011
Diet plausibly has a role in the aetiology of endometriosis through effects on steroid hormone levels; however, few published studies have examined the diet and endometriosis risk. We evaluated dietary risk factors for endometriosis in a po…
article
2011
ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship between common genetic variation in genes involved in the biosynthesis and signaling of estrogen and progesterone and endometriosis risk.DesignGenetic polymorphism analysis.SettingPopulation-based case-…
article
2010
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, a gynecologic disorder affecting 8-10% of reproductive-age women in the United States, is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and is linked to pelvic pain and infertility. Environmenta…