Erica L Vieira

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

article 2017

Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Women With Pelvic Pain: A Potential Biomarker for Endometriosis?

Biomarkers in medicine ·doi:10.2217/bmm-2016-0327

AIM: To test whether plasma BDNF levels are useful to predict the presence of endometriosis in women with pelvic pain. PATIENTS & METHODS: Prospective cross-sectional study including 67 consecutive women aged 24-49 years, scheduled for lapa…

article 2016

Prospective Evaluation of a Panel of Plasma Cytokines and Chemokines as Potential Markers of Pelvic Endometriosis in Symptomatic Women

Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000443956

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease for which no accurate peripheral diagnostic marker is available. Many cytokines and chemokines have been found altered in the plasma and peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosi…