Carolina Alvarez-Garriga

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2012-2015

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
article 2015
Journal of endometriosis and pelvic pain disorders ·doi:10.5301/je.5000224

PURPOSE: To describe lifetime differences in clinical characteristics of women with endometriosis between the USA and Puerto Rico. METHODS: A descriptive study using self-administered demographic and clinical questionnaires was undertaken. …

other 2013
Journal of epidemiology and global health ·doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2013.08.003

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer afflicting Puerto Rican women and accounts for more cancer-related deaths in this population than any other cancer. METHODS: Demographic, anthropometric, family history, and lifestyl…

article 2013
Molecular cancer biology ·doi:10.9777/mcb.2013.10005

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer (BC) and endometriosis are important reproductive health diseases for women. Although endometriosis is not a malignant condition, some of its characteristics mimic that of a malignancy. Endometriosis is associate…

other 2012
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719111432870

Epigenetic mechanisms have been ascribed important roles in endometriosis. Covalent histone modifications at lysine residues have been shown to regulate gene expression and thus contribute to pathological states in many diseases. In endomet…