Fatima El‐Assaad

ORCID: 0000-0003-4275-3783 · 6 papers in corpus · active 2019-2026

Study types

  • review 4
  • other 1
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2026
Gut ·doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2025-337490
review 2024
Nutrients ·doi:10.3390/nu16233988

Endometriosis is a chronic, complex, systemic inflammatory condition that impacts approximately 190 million girls and women worldwide, significantly impacting their quality of life. The effective management of endometriosis requires a multi…

preprint 2024
·doi:10.22541/au.171274261.13809893/v1

Objective To identify a diagnostic microbial signature for endometriosis. Design Prospective cohort study Setting Nepean Hospital and UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, St George Hospital, Australia Population 64 age- and sex-matched subjects…

review 2024
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines12112585

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory, oestrogen-dependent disorder that is defined by the presence of endometrium-like tissue in the extra-uterine environment. It is estimated to affect approximately 10% of women of reproductive age, an…

review 2023
Frontiers in endocrinology ·doi:10.3389/fendo.2023.1110824

Endometriosis has been described by many different theories of pathogenesis over the years. It is now also appreciated to be a state of chronic inflammation, and the role of immune dysfunction in its development has been proven. There is in…

review 2019
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/1471-0528.15916

BACKGROUND: The aetiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis are still under investigation. There is evidence that there is a complex bidirectional interaction between endometriosis and the microbiome. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the…