Lauren Foster

ORCID: 0000-0001-5762-7371 · 8 papers in corpus · active 2011-2021

Study types

  • article 4
  • dataset 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
article 2021
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-21-0097

Defined by the extrauterine growth of estrogen-dependent endometrial-like epithelial and stromal cells, endometriosis is a common gynecological and systemic inflammatory disease affecting approximately 179 million people assigned female at …

review 2021
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.05.022
article 2019
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s207373

Endometriosis is a chronic, painful disease without a cure. Due largely to chronic pain, endometriosis can lead to significant physical, mental, relationship, and financial burdens. Within the conventional single provider model of care-in w…

article 2018
Biology of reproduction ·doi:10.1093/biolre/ioy137
article 2018
Analytical chemistry ·doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01642

Currently, a blood test for the diagnosis of endometriosis, a common estrogen-dependent gynecological disease, does not exist. Recent studies suggest that circulating concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have potential…

dataset 2012
·doi:10.3410/f.715297918.790852809

Read the full review for this Faculty Opinions recommended article: Glutathione transferase polymorphisms and risk of endometriosis associated with polychlorinated biphenyls exposure in Italian women: a gene-environment interaction.

dataset 2011
·doi:10.3410/f.8136980.8536096
dataset 2011
·doi:10.3410/f.9445957.10083055

We performed the present prospective case-control study to evaluate whether the plasma concentrations of phthalate esters are elevated in women with advanced-stage endometriosis in a Korean population. Measuring plasma levels of monoethylhe…