Xiwa Zhao
ORCID: 0000-0003-4451-8808
· 7 papers in corpus
case-report
2023
BACKGROUND: In the past, the primary treatment for MRKH syndrome (Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome) with a functional primordial uterus was surgical removal of the functional primordial uterus. In rare instances, the endometrium of t…
observational
2021
Background: The aim of this study was to confirm and analyze the correlative factors that could influence the recurrence of ovarian endometriosis after conservative surgery, including both risk and protective factors. Methods: From January …
observational
2014
OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between the genetic variant of E-cadherin gene and endometriosis-related infertility. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Five hundred eighty-nine women with ovarian…
observational
2013
AIM: To investigate the association of tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) gene with susceptibility to endometriosis. METHODS: This study comprised 571 patients with end…
observational
2008
We investigated whether three polymorphisms in the matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2; -1306C-->T and -735C-->T) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2; -418G-->C) genes were related to the risk of endometriosis in reproductive-…
observational
2008
The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) may contribute to the development of adenomyosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) i…
observational
2008
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) with the risk of endometriosis and adenomyosis. METHODS: Genotyp…