A Ciavattini
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· 14 papers in corpus
· active 1992-2015
Study types
- article 12
- other 2
Condition tags
- endometriosis 14
- chronic_pelvic_pain 3
- infertility 3
- dysmenorrhea 1
- endometrioma 1
- dyspareunia 1
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2015
Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that TGFb1 signalling may be mediated by high temperature requirement A1 (HtrA1) serine protease, acting on important regulatory mechanisms such as cell proliferation and mobility. Evidence is now…
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2005
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2004
Our objective was to investigate the role of previous abdominal-pelvic surgery in the asymmetric distribution of pelvic endometriosic lesions. This was a retrospective study carried out at the Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University…
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1998
We report a prospective pilot study which evaluated the feasibility of combined ultrasonographically guided drainage and laparoscopic excision after pre-operative administration of a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue for 3 months in …
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1998
To determine whether modulation of insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 expression underlies the uterotropic effects associated with tamoxifen therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. Using …
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1996
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of pharmacologic suppression of ovarian function on the immune system, with respect to the clinical outcome of endometriosis and the possibility of an immunoendocrine combined treatment. METHODS: After …
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1995
Our objective was to investigate the role of estrogens in the development and progression of endometriosis, and evaluate the in vitro boosting effect of lymphokines on the activity of natural killer cells from endometriosis patients, with r…
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1995
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1994
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1994
Serum CA-125 concentrations were investigated preoperatively in 91 consecutive women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain and/or annexial cysts. The presence and extent of endometriosis were carefully assessed, including the …
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1993
From 1985 to 1991, 9 patients with endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary were treated and followed at the University of Ancona, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Four patients (44.4%) had Stage I disease, 1 (11.1%) Stage II, 1 (11.1%) …
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1993
A longitudinal evaluation of the natural killer (NK) cell activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes was performed in 17 patients with advanced ovarian cancer (treated surgically and with subsequent multiagent chemotherapy) for a median follo…
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1993
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between natural killer cell activity and serum estradiol (E2) levels in patients with different stages of endometriosis. METHODS: Natural killer cell activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and serum …
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1992
Malignant transformation arising in endometriosis has been reported in some cases. Following Sampson's criteria, about 0.7%-1% of all cases of endometriosis undergo malignant transformation and the ovary is the most frequent site. A case is…