Olof Stephansson

Objective: To compare labour outcomes in a midwifery continuity of care (MCoC) model to standard midwifery care. Design: Matched cohort study. Setting: Public healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth, Stockholm, Sweden. Population: Women…

Epithelial ovarian cancer is a fatal disease of largely unknown etiology. Higher parity is associated with reduced risk of ovarian cancer. However, among parous women, the impact of pregnancy-related factors on risk is not well understood. …

Europe, the prevalence in women undergoing investigation for infertility is often.2%. Still, the relationship between CD and endometriosis is unclear. methods: We identified 11 097 women with CD (Marsh 3: villous atrophy) through biopsy dat…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common benign gynaecological disease. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. Recent genome-wide association studies of ovarian cancer have identified s…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common cause of infertility. Whereas celiac disease (CD) is present in ~1% of individuals in Western Europe, the prevalence in women undergoing investigation for infertility is often >2%. Still, the relationsh…

This study investigates the association of rheumatoid arthritis-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms in endometriosis. We found an association of CCL21 (rs2812378) and HLA-DRB1 (rs660895) with moderate to severe endometriosis.

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease, is characterized by local and systemic inflammation, which may cause infertility and consequently, increased utilization of assisted reproduction technology (ART). We aimed to esti…