Sonia Abac

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2007-2011

Study types

  • article 6

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 3
  • infertility 3
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2011
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the lysyl oxidase-like protein 4 and complement component 3 genes are associated with increased risk for endometriosis and endometriosis-associated infertility
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.001

This study was conducted to assess genetic associations with endometriosis in a Puerto Rican population. Statistically significant differences in the allelic frequencies and genotype distribution of genetic variants in lysyl oxidase-like pr…

article 2010
Association Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Endometriosis and Endometriosis-Associated Infertility.
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/83.s1.411

Endometriosis is considered a multifactorial disease influenced by genetic predisposition, deficient immune system and environmental factors. The most common symptoms are chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The pathophysiological mechanism…

article 2009
Patients' report on how endometriosis affects health, work, and daily life
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.017

The objective of this study was to assess the burden of endometriosis by obtaining patient-reported outcome data describing the experience of living with this disease. Survey data from 107 women with self-reported, surgically diagnosed endo…

article 2008
High rates of autoimmune, intestinal and endocrine disorders among women with endometriosis in Puerto Rico
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.259
article 2007
Self‐reported prevalence of endometriosis and its symptoms among Puerto Rican women
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.08.010

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis and its symptoms in a Puerto Rican cohort, and to describe the menstrual, obstetric, and clinical profiles of the women. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was given to 1285 Pu…

article 2007
SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF POTENTIAL BLOOD BIOMARKERS FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS
·doi:10.1093/biolreprod/77.s1.211b

Endometriosis is a common, incurable gynecologic disease of unknown etiology, which causes incapacitating pain during menses and infertility. There are no specific non-invasive diagnostic tests for endometriosis, therefore diagnosis is curr…