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Endometriosis and adenomyosis are major gynaecological conditions affecting women of reproductive age-group, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This Health Policy outlined research priorities for India and Sri Lanka, derived …
This is the first guidelines for adenomyosis from the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.
This is the first guidelines for adenomyosis from the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.
This is the first guidelines for adenomyosis from the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.
Background: Heavy metals with estrogenic effects are termed as metalloestrogens which are implicated in the etiology of endometriosis; an estrogen dependent disease. Aim: To demonstrate the presence of metalloestrogens in ectopic endometria…
Objectives: To evaluate the association between endometriosis and the p53 gene polymorphism in a group of Sri Lankan women. Methods: A case control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital where women with endometriosis (N=25) were c…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is characterized by the persistence of endometrial tissue in ectopic sites outside the uterine cavity. Presence of nickel, cadmium and lead in ectopic endometrial tissue has been reported previously. While any asso…
AIM: To compare the performance of history and examination findings combined with transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) ‘soft marker’ evaluation of ovarian mobility for the prediction of fixed ovaries secondary to endometriosis at laparoscopy. METH…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of metalloestrogen cadmium (Cd) on the proliferation of endometrial stromal cells (ESC) isolated from the eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis MATERIALS AND METHODS: ESC were isolated from eutopic …
Poster Presentation Abstract (PP 61), 125th Anniversary Scientific Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, June 2012 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Metalloestrogens are inorganic metal ions that bind to and activate oestrogen receptors. They are implicated in the aetiology of oestrogen-dependent diseases such as cancers of the breast and endometrium as well as endometriosis. Cadmium is…
Oral Presentation (OP 19) 43rd Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka College of Obsterics and Gynaecologists, 8-8 Agust 2010