Antonella Napolitano

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
review 2019
Hormonal contraception in women with endometriosis: a systematic review
The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception ·doi:10.1080/13625187.2018.1550576

OBJECTIVE: A systematic review was carried out of studies of women with endometriosis, to examine the evidence for efficacy of the use of hormonal contraception to improve disease-related pain and decrease postoperative risk of disease recu…

review 2016
Metabolic impact of combined hormonal contraceptives containing estradiol
·doi:10.1080/17425255.2016.1190832

INTRODUCTION: Is the replacement of ethinyl-estradiol (EE) with estradiol (E2) in combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) associated with fewer metabolic effects, leading to a further improvement on safety of hormonal contraceptives? AREAS …

article 2014
Pelvic Pain and Quality of Life of Women With Endometriosis During Quadriphasic Estradiol Valerate/Dienogest Oral Contraceptive: A Patient-Preference Prospective 24-Week Pilot Study
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114556488

ObjectiveThe progestin dienogest (DNG) given alone effectively reduces pelvic pain of women with endometriosis. It is not clear whether the same occurs when DNG is associated with estradiol (E2).DesignPatient preference prospective observat…

article 2014
Prospective measurement of blood pressure and heart rate over 24 h in women using combined oral contraceptives with estradiol
·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2014.05.011

ObjectiveCombined oral contraceptives (COCs) containing ethinyl-estradiol are known to increase blood pressure (BP). We evaluated whether COCs containing estradiol (E2) influence 24-h ambulatory BP and heart rate (HR) in normotensive and no…