Thomas D’Hooghe
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· 255 papers in corpus
· active 1991-2026
Study types
- article 181
- review 35
- letter 11
- book-chapter 8
- other 6
Condition tags
- endometriosis 229
- infertility 37
- dysmenorrhea 9
- chronic_pelvic_pain 8
- dyspareunia 6
- adenomyosis 3
- endometrioma 2
- die_deep_infiltrating 2
- disambig:endometritis 1
- bowel_endometriosis 1
Top journals
Frequent coauthors
- D'Hooghe TM 88
- Catherine Meuleman 80
- Cleophas K. Kyama 54
- Amelie Fassbender 53
- D'Hooghe T 52
- Meuleman C 45
- Célia Fabiola Tomassetti 44
- Fassbender A 36
- Jason M. Mwenda 31
- Van Langendonckt A 29
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2012
BACKGROUND: An early semi-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis has the potential to allow early treatment and minimize disease progression but no such test is available at present. Our aim was to perform a combined mRNA microarray and proteo…
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2012
BACKGROUND: At present, the only way to conclusively diagnose endometriosis is laparoscopic inspection, preferably with histological confirmation. This contributes to the delay in the diagnosis of endometriosis which is 6-11 years. So far n…
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2012
BACKGROUND: Paired-box 2 (Pax2) is involved in the development of the female genital tract and has been associated with endometrial pathologies. The expression of Pax2 is induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF) and estrogens. In the presen…
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2012
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that differential surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry protein or peptide expression in plasma can be used in infertile women with or without pelvic pain to predict …
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2012
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to calculate costs and health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis-associated symptoms treated in referral centres. METHODS: A prospective, multi-centre, questionnaire-based survey measured costs …
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2012
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STUDY QUESTION: How patient-centered are two included specialized endometriosis clinics relative to each other and how can they improve the patient-centeredness of their care? SUMMARY ANSWER: The validated ENDOCARE questionnaire (ECQ) relia…
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2011
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is associated with chronic subclinical inflammation. C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, could serve as a biomarker of endometriosis. We tested the hypothesis that a high sensitivity CRP assay (hsCR…
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2011
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic segmental bowel resection and reanastomosis for endometriosis with colorectal wall invasion can be associated with high complication rates. This study was performed to test the hypothesis that this high complication…
other
2011
This chapter provides an economic perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis. Endometriosis imposes a substantial economic burden on society. This burden originates from the time delay between onset of symptoms and diagnosi…
other
2011
Although retrograde menstruation occurs in 76–90% of women, only 8–10% are known to develop endometriosis, which probably suggests that other factors might be involved in determining the susceptibility to endometriosis. The prevailing evide…
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2011
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2011
This study indicates that the immunobiology of macroscopically normal peritoneum is relevant to understand the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Peritoneal interleukin 6, interleukin 12, and ferritin were differentially expressed in women with…
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2011
ObjectiveTo assess the impact of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity.DesignMulticenter cross-sectional study with prospective recruitment.SettingSixteen clinical centers in ten countries.Patient(s)A…
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2011
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2011
Het belang van reproductieve chirurgie neemt af door de alomtegenwoordige beschikbaarheid van technieken van medisch begeleide voortplanting (MBV), maar een solide epidemiologisch bewijs voor deze evolutie ontbreekt. Om deze reden verrichtt…
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2011
BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary laparoscopic treatment is the standard of care for radical treatment of deep infiltrating pelvic endometriosis. If bowel resection is necessary, a muscle-split or Pfannenstiel incision is also required. The avo…
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2011
BACKGROUND: This study aims to quantify the non-health-care costs of endometriosis in a sample of Belgian patients over a 30-month period. METHODS: A longitudinal study enrolled patients who underwent surgical treatment for endometriosis in…
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2011
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2011
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common benign gynaecological disease. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. Recent genome-wide association studies of ovarian cancer have identified s…
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2011
Introduction: Endometriosis (the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus) affects 10% of women of reproductive age and is associated with dysmenorrhoea, pain at ovulation, dyspareunia, abnormal bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, …
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2011