Giovanni Grandi
ORCID: 0000-0002-3567-3278
· 33 papers in corpus
other
2016
STUDY QUESTION: Can the activity of the IκB kinase (IKKβ) complex in endometriotic cells contribute to endometriotic lesion survival? SUMMARY ANSWER: There is a constitutive activity of the IKKβ catalytic complex in peritoneal and deeply i…
meta-analysis
2015
OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: A systematic review of all literature was done to assess the ability of the progestin dienogest (DNG) to influence the inflammatory response of endometriotic cells. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: In vitro and in vivo studies …
review
2015
More than one-fifth of ovarian tumors have hereditary susceptibility and, in about 65-85% of these cases, the genetic abnormality is a germline mutation in BRCA genes. Nevertheless, several other suppressor genes and oncogenes have been ass…
review
2015
Although endometriosis frequently involves multiple sites in the pelvis, malignancies associated with this disease are mostly confined to the ovaries, evolving from an endometrioma. Endometriomas present a 2-3-fold increased risk of transfo…
observational
2014
OBJECTIVE: The 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). DESIGN: Patient preference prospective ob…
other
2014
OBJECTIVE: Combined 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 …
observational
2013
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of ultrasound-estimated uterus position on the intensity of pelvic pain. DESIGN: Descriptive analytical study. SETTING: Tertiary university gynecology unit. POPULATION: 181 consecutive patients with pelvic…
2011
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