Higher prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis: a possible etiopathogenetic link

Ettore Cicinelli; Giuseppe Trojano; Marcella Mastromauro; Antonella Vimercati; Marco Marinaccio; Paola Carmela Mitola; Leonardo Resta; Dominique de Ziegler

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.05.016

Higher prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis: a possible etiopathogenetic link

Ettore Cicinelli, Giuseppe Trojano, Marcella Mastromauro, Antonella Vimercati, Marco Marinaccio, Paola Carmela Mitola, Leonardo Resta, Dominique de Ziegler

Fertility and sterility · 2017 · vol. 108(2) , pp. 289–295.e1 · doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.05.016 · PMID:28624114 · W2626018945

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This study investigated the prevalence of chronic endometritis in women with endometriosis, suggesting a potential link in their development.

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometritis Endometritis Hysterectomy Uterine Hemorrhage Adult Causality Chronic Disease Comorbidity Endometriosis Endometritis Female Humans Hysterectomy Italy Italy Prevalence Retrospective Studies Risk Factors

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[5] Correspondence between hysteroscopic and histologic findings in women with chronic endometritis via openalex

[6] Diagnosis and treatment of unexplained infertility. via openalex

[7] Differential macrophage infiltration in early and advanced endometriosis and adjacent peritoneum via openalex

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