Journal of Endometriosis

PURPOSE: Diet is a potentially modifiable risk factor for endometriosis. It has been hypothesized that vitamins C, E, and the B vitamins may influence factors involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, such as oxidative stress and stero…

Purpose Laparoscopy is a very accurate diagnostic tool for endometriosis. However, diagnostic accuracy has been questioned, as there is no reliable link between the visual status of the peritoneal cavity reported by laparoscopy and the pati…

Purpose To assess the efficacy of a non-invasive, site-specific manual physiotherapeutic technique in ameliorating dyspareunia and dysmenorrhea, commonly associated with endometriosis, by performing a retrospective and prospective analysis,…

Endometriosis is a debilitating disease common in women of reproductive age characterized by pain and infertility. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine whose expression is elevated in endometriotic tissue from women wi…

Endometriosis is a disorder in which abnormal growths of tissue, histologically resembling the endometrium, are present in locations other than the uterine lining. Endometriosis is most commonly observed in the dependent portions of the pel…

Purpose Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a chronic disease of largely unresolved pathogenesis. Lymphatic dissemination of endometriotic cells has been shown in incidentally removed mesorectal lymph nodes (ILNs) and in pelvic sentinel lymp…

BACKGROUND: In the one study examining the relationship, adolescent physical activity was not associated with risk for endometriosis. Case-control studies have shown 40-80% reductions in risk for adult activity, while only an 11% reduction …

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis can be difficult to diagnose clinically and models that use symptoms to predict whether the disease is present or not are based on limited patient populations. Endometriosis also influences health-related quality…