Meinhold-Heerlein I

No ORCID on file · 14 papers in corpus · active 2022-2026

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 3
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • die_deep_infiltrating 4
  • adenomyosis 3
  • infertility 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
review 2026
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm15041599

Background/Objectives: The scientific community is still divided between supporters of the implantation theory and researchers who advocate the theory of coelomic metaplasia/embryonic cell remnants to explain the initiation of endometriosis…

review 2025
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.70493

Uterine fibroids (leiomyomas) and adenomyosis are among the most common benign gynecological conditions affecting women of reproductive age. These disorders are frequently associated with abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, pressure sym…

2025
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-025-07974-z

Opportunistic salpingectomy is defined as the removal of both fallopian tubes as part of a surgical procedure planned for other reasons. The goal is primary prevention of ovarian cancer. The procedure is offered to patients who are not know…

article 2024
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-024-82407-6

Anogenital distance (AGD) is regarded as a potential biomarker for endometriosis, and a measurement on MRI images has been found to be promising. This study aimed to evaluate the measurement of AGD on MRI to predict the surgical diagnosis o…

other 2024
Frontiers in medicine ·doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1468860

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence and clinical significance of incidental findings on MRI for endometriosis. Differences between patients with and without evidence of deep infiltrating endometriosis on MRI were to be ex…

other 2024
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-024-07584-1

IMPORTANCE: The formation of adhesions after gynecological surgery not only has detrimental impacts on those affected, including pain, obstruction, and infertility, but also imposes a high economic burden on healthcare systems worldwide. O…

other 2024
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde ·doi:10.1055/a-2324-3778

Introduction After puberty, at least 10% of all women and girls suffer from endometriosis. Surgery is useful for both the diagnosis and therapy. To date, quality indicators for the surgical treatment of endometriosis are lacking. QS ENDO ai…

2024
Biomedicines
article 2023
Frontiers in medicine ·doi:10.3389/fmed.2023.1303593

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the inter- and intraobserver variability of the updated #Enzian classification of endometriosis on MRI and to evaluate the influence of reader experience on interobserver concord…

article 2023
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.110949

PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility of a periprocedural decision on the administration of intravenous contrast media in MRI for endometriosis and to evaluate the frequency and reasons of contrast administrations, the corresponding MRI diagno…

article 2023
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.15062

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate blood-based biomarkers to detect endometriosis and/or adenomyosis across nine European centers (June 2014-April 2018). METHODS: This prospective, non-interventional study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of 54 blood-…

article 2023
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde ·doi:10.1055/a-2061-6845

Introduction Endometriosis significantly reduces patients' quality of life and is additionally a burden on healthcare and social security systems. There are currently no quality indicators for the treatment of endometriosis. The care of pat…

article 2022
Biomolecules ·doi:10.3390/biom12121749

The TGF-β superfamily members, activins and inhibins, are mainly involved in cell proliferation, cell survival, invasion, immune surveillance, and lesion growth in endometriosis. Herein, we investigated the modulation of the TGF-β type III …

article 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12112848

Claudins, as the major components of tight junctions, are crucial for epithelial cell-to-cell contacts. Recently, we showed that in endometriosis, the endometrial epithelial phenotype is highly conserved, with only minor alterations. For ex…