Andrea Ciavattini

No ORCID on file · 34 papers in corpus · active 1992-2024

Study types

  • article 22
  • review 6
  • other 4
  • book-chapter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 25
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • infertility 4
  • adenomyosis 4
  • endometrioma 2
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • dyspareunia 1
article 1996

OBJECTIVE: The object of this study was to analyse the tissue and serum metalloproteinase (MMP-2), an enzyme which degrades the basement membrane collagen type IV, as a potential marker useful in prognostic evaluation and clinical monitorin…

article 1995
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513599509160201

Our objective was to investigate the role of estrogens in the development and progression of endometriosis, and evaluate the in vitro boosting effect of lymphokines on the activity of natural killer cells from endometriosis patients, with r…

article 1995
Journal of endocrinological investigation ·doi:10.1007/bf03349783
article 1994
·doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb23101.x
article 1994
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb39660.x
article 1994
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513599409028454

Serum CA-125 concentrations were investigated preoperatively in 91 consecutive women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility, pelvic pain and/or annexial cysts. The presence and extent of endometriosis were carefully assessed, including the …

article 1993
European journal of gynaecological oncology

From 1985 to 1991, 9 patients with endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary were treated and followed at the University of Ancona, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Four patients (44.4%) had Stage I disease, 1 (11.1%) Stage II, 1 (11.1%) …

article 1993
Obstetrics and gynecology

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between natural killer cell activity and serum estradiol (E2) levels in patients with different stages of endometriosis. METHODS: Natural killer cell activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and serum …

article 1992
European journal of gynaecological oncology

Malignant transformation arising in endometriosis has been reported in some cases. Following Sampson's criteria, about 0.7%-1% of all cases of endometriosis undergo malignant transformation and the ovary is the most frequent site. A case is…