Roberto Marci

Aim: Aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of micronized palmitoylethanolamide (PEA)-transpolydatin in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain in women affected by endometriosis. Methods: Twenty-four patients with suspected endome…

Significant evidence supports that many endocrine disrupting chemicals could affect female reproductive health. Aim of this study was to compare the internal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoi…

L'endometriosi è una patologia ginecologica dal decorso cronico.La capacità di metastatizazione, la possibilità di recidiva a livello locale e a distanza i fenomeni di neoangiogenesi sono alcune delle caratteristiche clinico-patologiche …

BACKGROUND: Tubal and uterine cavity diseases commonly compromise female fertility. At the present time, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy with chromopertubation and RX-Hysterosalpingography (RX-HSG) are widely accepted screening procedures enablin…

OBJECTIVE: To test the adjuvant use of the combination of N-palmitoylethanolamine and transpolydatin in the medical treatment of endometriotic pain. STUDY DESIGN: We enrolled 47 patients admitted to the Outpatient Endometriosis Care Unit o…

Several studies report that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) able to interfere with endocrine homeostasis may affect women's reproductive health. We analyzed EDC serum levels and nuclear receptors (NRs) expression in order to have an in…

BACKGROUND: Endometriotic lesions affect the fallopian tubes in 6% of patients with endometriosis and adhesions involve the salpinges in 26%. Different studies report that 45%-70% of adolescents with chronic pelvic pain have endometriosis d…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography (HyCoSy) on natural conception in the infertile patient. METHODS: We conducted a prospective observational study recruiting 180 patients admitted to Infertility Cente…

We report a case of a rectus abdominis muscle endometriotic mass in a woman affected by multiple sclerosis. The pathogenesis of endometriosis is poorly understood but an immune system alteration could play a role in its onset and developmen…

Despite numerous studies, endometriosis remains unclear concerning the etiopathogenesis, the natural history and optimal treatment. It occurs preferentially in young women and may be associated with a series of painful symptoms very disabli…

The potential hazardous effects that estrogen- and androgen-like chemicals may have both on wildlife and human health have attracted much attention from the scientific community. Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are chemicals that have the capac…