Charles Chapron

No ORCID on file · 365 papers in corpus · active 1990-2026

Study types

  • article 241
  • review 54
  • other 40
  • book-chapter 18
  • letter 7

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 297
  • die_deep_infiltrating 76
  • infertility 67
  • endometrioma 49
  • adenomyosis 41
  • dysmenorrhea 36
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 33
  • dyspareunia 25
  • bladder_endometriosis 12
  • bowel_endometriosis 2
article 2015
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115589410
article 2015
·doi:10.1016/s1283-081x(15)74722-3
review 2015
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmv003

BACKGROUND: Deep endometriosis invading the bowel constitutes a major challenge for the gynecologist. In addition to the greater impact on pain, the high incidence of surgical morbidity involved with bowel endometriosis poses a therapeutic …

article 2015
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115607978
article 2015
article 2015

BACKGROUND: To investigate whether knowledge of the anatomical distribution of histologically proven deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions contributes to understanding the pathogenesis. METHODS: Observational study between June 19…

article 2015

The aim of this study was to describe magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in histopathologically proven deep endometriosis infiltrating the uterosacral ligaments, the pouch of Douglas, the rectum or the bladder. Twenty patients present…

article 2015
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2015/461024

Characterizing genetic contributions to endometriosis might help to shorten the time to diagnosis, especially in the most severe forms, but represents a challenge. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) made no distinction between …

other 2015
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.10.013

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels are increased in women with endometriosis, especially in those with endometriomas (OMAs), deep infiltrating lesions (DIE), and superficial endometriosis (SUP) compared…

article 2015
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115592708
article 2015
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117387

The influence of intrauterine environment on the risk of endometriosis is still controversial. Whether birth weight modifies the risk of endometriosis in adulthood remains an open question. For this purpose, we designed a case-control study…

article 2015
review 2015
Expert opinion on therapeutic targets ·doi:10.1517/14728222.2015.1090974

INTRODUCTION: The pathogenesis of endometriosis, a common benign disease, remains ill-defined, although it is clear that chronic inflammation plays a crucial role through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways. All curre…

review 2015
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719115592713
other 2015
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119961

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a benign gynaecological disease. Abundant bulk of evidence suggests that patients with endometriosis have an immunity dysfunction that enables ectopic endometrial cells to implant and proliferate. Previous studi…

article 2015
·doi:10.5301/je.5000222

Purpose Endometriosis, a costly public health problem that is painful and impacts daily living and fertility, is poorly understood and managed. This study aimed to understand the impact of endometriosis on women from three culturally and ec…

article 2014
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2014/618964

OBJECTIVES: The identification of epidemiological factors increasing the risk of endometriosis could shorten the time to diagnosis. Specific blood groups may be more common in patients with endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: We designed a cross-s…

review 2014
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy ·doi:10.1517/14656566.2014.953055

INTRODUCTION: Adenomyosis, characterized by the infiltration of the myometrium by ectopic endometrial islets, is a common condition that causes dysmenorrhea, abnormal uterine bleeding and infertility. Different treatment options exist, incl…

article 2014
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/aog.0000000000000464

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether a history of surgery for endometriosis could be considered as a marker for disease severity. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 780 women with histologically proven endometriosis who underwent surgery.…

article 2014
Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction ·doi:10.1016/j.jgyn.2014.06.014
article 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deu321

STUDY QUESTION: Are the fetal membranes of women affected with endometriosis similar to those from disease-free women? SUMMARY ANSWER: Decidua of women with endometriosis is able to generate endometriotic-like lesions in contact with the fe…

article 2014
·doi:10.1007/s10190-014-0409-6
other 2014
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114522549

The present study investigated expression and protein localization of FOXL2 messenger RNA (mRNA) in endometrium of healthy women and in patients with endometriosis during endometrial cycle. In endometriotic lesions, FOXL2 mRNA and protein w…

article 2014
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.14712

OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound scanning complement each other in screening for and diagnosis of endometriosis. Fusion imaging, also known as real-time virtual sonography, is a new technique that uses magnetic nav…

article 2014

'To whom correspondence should be addressed The goal of this study was to assess the efficiency of laparo-scopic surgical treatment of pain for patients presenting deep endometriosis located on the uterosacral ligaments. To this end we…