Alessandro Conforti

ORCID: 0000-0002-5676-0055 · 30 papers in corpus
meta-analysis 2018
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-018-0433-z

Air pollution is a cause of concern for human health. For instance, it is associated with an increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders. In vitro and in vivo studies suggested that air pollutants could act as endocr…

meta-analysis 2016
·doi:10.1289/isee.2016.4280

Introduction: Several pollutants have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of endometriosis. However, recent epidemiological studies have yielded contrasting results. With the aim to address the role of environmental contaminants on the …

observational 2015
World journal of gastroenterology ·doi:10.3748/wjg.v21.i16.4997

AIM: To evaluate the accuracy of colonoscopy for the prediction of intestinal involvement in deep pelvic endometriosis. METHODS: This prospective observational study was performed between September 2011 and July 2014. Only women with both …

observational 2014
Journal of ovarian research ·doi:10.1186/1757-2215-7-67

BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that exposure to benzene is associated to menstrual disorders, miscarriages and other disorders of the reproductive system. We performed an observational prospective pilot study to evaluate if levels o…

other 2013
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/1477-7827-11-51

BACKGROUND: V-betaLH is a common genetic variant of LH caused by two polymorphic base changes in the beta subunit gene, altering the amino acid sequence (Trp8Arg and Ile15Thr). In a previous-preliminary trial performed in women undergoing I…