Endometriosis

Victoria L. Holt; Britton Trabert; Kristen Upson

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384978-6.00018-2

Endometriosis

Victoria L. Holt, Britton Trabert, Kristen Upson

In: Women and Health · 2012 · pp. 271–284 · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384978-6.00018-2 · W3023814947

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This paper examines the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for endometriosis, a condition where uterine tissue grows outside the uterus.

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Adenomyosis and endometriosis in the California Teachers Study via openalex
Adult Physical Activity and Endometriosis Risk via openalex
Advances in the management of endometriosis: an update for clinicians via openalex
Affected sib-pair analysis in endometriosis via openalex
A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants in the CDKN2BAS locus associated with endometriosis in Japanese via openalex
Anti-endometrial antibodies in women measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay via openalex
A prospective study of dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk via openalex
Assessment of cadmium impregnation in women suffering from endometriosis: a preliminary study via openalex
Association between phthalate exposure and glutathione S-transferase M1 polymorphism in adenomyosis, leiomyoma and endometriosis via openalex
Association of endometriosis and spontaneous abortion: effect of control group selection via openalex
Association of Endometriosis Risk and Genetic Polymorphisms Involving Sex Steroid Biosynthesis and Their Receptors: A Meta-Analysis via openalex
Association of endometriosis with body size and figure via openalex
Association of Exposure to Phthalates with Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomata: Findings from NHANES, 1999–2004 via openalex
Associations between serum levels of selected organochlorine compounds and endometriosis in infertile Japanese women via openalex
Autoreactivity in women with endometriosis via openalex
Body mass index in endometriosis via openalex
Cadmium, lead and endometriosis via openalex
Cancer risk after a hospital discharge diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex
Causes of Infertility as Predictors of Subsequent Cancer Risk via openalex
Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992. via openalex
Comparison of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device versus expectant management after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis: a pilot study via openalex
Contraception: a risk factor for endometriosis. via openalex
Country of birth and hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, and infertility: a nationwide study of 2 million women in Sweden via openalex
Current place of progestins in the treatment of endometriosis-related complaints via openalex
Danazol for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis via openalex
Diagnosis and clinical presentation of endometriosis via openalex
Diagnosis of endometriosis: pelvic endoscopy and imaging techniques via openalex
Dioxin concentrations in women with endometriosis via openalex
Dioxin-like compounds and endometriosis: a study on Italian and Belgian women of reproductive age via openalex
Early menstrual characteristics associated with subsequent diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex
Economic burden of endometriosis via openalex
Effect of endometriosis on IVF/ICSI outcome: stage III/IV endometriosis worsens cumulative pregnancy and live-born rates via openalex
Endometriosis via openalex
Endometriosis Among Women Exposed to Polybrominated Biphenyls via openalex
Endometriosis and Body Fat Distribution via openalex
Endometriosis and mullerian anomalies. via openalex
Endometriosis and Organochlorinated Environmental Pollutants: A Case–Control Study on Italian Women of Reproductive Age via openalex
ENDOMETRIOSIS IN LEBANON via openalex
Endometriosis in multiparous women. via openalex
Endometriosis in pregnant and non-pregnant women at tubal sterilization via openalex
Endometriosis in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Following Chronic Exposure to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin via openalex
Endometriosis in women at interval sterilization via openalex
Environmental and host-associated risk factors in endometriosis and deep endometriotic nodules: A matched case–control study via openalex
Environmental PCB exposure and risk of endometriosis via openalex
Epidemiologic determinants of endometriosis: A hospital-based case-control study via openalex
Epidemiology of endometriosis. via openalex
Epidemiology of endometriosis among parous women via openalex
Epidemiology of endometriosis in a Norwegian county via openalex
ESHRE guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis via openalex
Findings in 200 consecutive asymptomatic women, having a laparoscopic sterilization via openalex
General gynaecology: Association of phthalate esters with endometriosis in Indian women via openalex
Genetic influences on endometriosis in an Australian twin sample via openalex
Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis via openalex
Glutathione S-transferases M1/T1 gene polymorphisms and endometriosis: a meta-analysis of genetic association studies via openalex
Gonadotrophin - releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density via openalex
Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density via openalex
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and add-back therapy: what do the data show? via openalex
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and estrogen-progestogen replacement therapy via openalex
High plasma concentrations of di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate in women with endometriosis via openalex
High plasma concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and phthalate esters in women with endometriosis: a prospective case control study via openalex
High rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis via openalex
Impact of ovarian endometrioma on oocytes and pregnancy outcome in in vitro fertilization via openalex
Impaired NK-cell-mediated cytotoxic activity and cytokine production in patients with endometriosis: A possible role for PCBs and DDE via openalex
Incidence of Laparoscopically Confirmed Endometriosis by Demographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors via openalex
Incidence, symptoms, and signs of endometriosis in fertile and infertile women. via openalex
Increased levels of polychlorobiphenyls in Italian women with endometriosis via openalex
Intrauterine Contraceptives: A Review of Uses, Side Effects, and Candidates via openalex
Is a long period without childbirth a risk factor for developing endometriosis? via openalex
Is mild endometriosis a disease?: Is mild endometriosis a condition occurring intermittently in all women? via openalex
Is there an association between septate uterus and endometriosis? via openalex
Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial via openalex
Laparoscopic Surgery in Infertile Women with Minimal or Mild Endometriosis via openalex
Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament resection for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: results of a randomized, controlled trial via openalex
Low-dose oral contraceptive pill for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trial via openalex
MAST Scores, Alcohol Consumption, and Gynecological Symptoms in Endometriosis Patients via openalex
Menstrual characteristics associated with endometriosis via openalex
Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and the Risk of Endometriosis via openalex
MODERN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS via openalex
Non–Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Risk of Endometriosis via openalex
Organochlorine exposure and the risk of endometriosis via openalex
Organochlorine pesticides and endometriosis via openalex
Ovarian cancer risk associated with varying causes of infertility via openalex
Pelvic Endometriosis Diagnosed in an Entire Nation Over 20 Years via openalex
Pelvic endometriosis: reproductive and menstrual risk factors at different stages in Lombardy, northern Italy. via openalex
Prevalence and genesis of endometriosis via openalex
Primary infertility: characteristics of women in North America according to pathological findings. via openalex
Recommendations for the Design of Epidemiologic Studies of Endometriosis via openalex
Reproductive History and Endometriosis Among Premenopausal Women via openalex
Retrograde menstruation in healthy women and in patients with endometriosis. via openalex
Revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine classification of endometriosis: 1996 via openalex
Risk factors for pelvic endometriosis in women with pelvic pain or infertility via openalex
Risk for breast cancer among women with endometriosis via openalex
Risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in relation to benign ovarian conditions and ovarian surgery via openalex
Selected food intake and risk of endometriosis via openalex
Serum dioxin concentrations and endometriosis: a cohort study in Seveso, Italy. via openalex
Serum dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, and endometriosis: A case-control study in Atlanta via openalex
Sexual Activity, Contraception, and Reproductive Factors in Predicting Endometriosis via openalex
Shift Work, hCLOCK T3111C Polymorphism, and Endometriosis Risk via openalex
Subcutaneous injection of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate compared with leuprolide acetate in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain via openalex

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[1] A case–control study of the association between urinary cadmium concentration and endometriosis in infertile Japanese women via openalex

[2] Adenomyosis and endometriosis in the California Teachers Study via openalex

[3] Adult Physical Activity and Endometriosis Risk via openalex

[4] Advances in the management of endometriosis: an update for clinicians via openalex

[5] Affected sib-pair analysis in endometriosis via openalex

[6] A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants in the CDKN2BAS locus associated with endometriosis in Japanese via openalex

[7] Anti-endometrial antibodies in women measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay via openalex

[8] A prospective study of dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk via openalex

[9] Assessment of cadmium impregnation in women suffering from endometriosis: a preliminary study via openalex

[10] Association between phthalate exposure and glutathione S-transferase M1 polymorphism in adenomyosis, leiomyoma and endometriosis via openalex

[11] Association of endometriosis and spontaneous abortion: effect of control group selection via openalex

[12] Association of Endometriosis Risk and Genetic Polymorphisms Involving Sex Steroid Biosynthesis and Their Receptors: A Meta-Analysis via openalex

[13] Association of endometriosis with body size and figure via openalex

[14] Association of Exposure to Phthalates with Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomata: Findings from NHANES, 1999–2004 via openalex

[15] Associations between serum levels of selected organochlorine compounds and endometriosis in infertile Japanese women via openalex

[16] Autoreactivity in women with endometriosis via openalex

[17] Body mass index in endometriosis via openalex

[18] Cadmium, lead and endometriosis via openalex

[19] Cancer risk after a hospital discharge diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex

[20] Causes of Infertility as Predictors of Subsequent Cancer Risk via openalex

[21] Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992. via openalex

[22] Comparison of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device versus expectant management after conservative surgery for symptomatic endometriosis: a pilot study via openalex

[23] Contraception: a risk factor for endometriosis. via openalex

[24] Country of birth and hospitalization for pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, and infertility: a nationwide study of 2 million women in Sweden via openalex

[25] Current place of progestins in the treatment of endometriosis-related complaints via openalex

[26] Danazol for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis via openalex

[27] Diagnosis and clinical presentation of endometriosis via openalex

[28] Diagnosis of endometriosis: pelvic endoscopy and imaging techniques via openalex

[29] Dioxin concentrations in women with endometriosis via openalex

[30] Dioxin-like compounds and endometriosis: a study on Italian and Belgian women of reproductive age via openalex

[31] Early menstrual characteristics associated with subsequent diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex

[32] Economic burden of endometriosis via openalex

[33] Effect of endometriosis on IVF/ICSI outcome: stage III/IV endometriosis worsens cumulative pregnancy and live-born rates via openalex

[34] Endometriosis via openalex

[35] Endometriosis Among Women Exposed to Polybrominated Biphenyls via openalex

[36] Endometriosis and Body Fat Distribution via openalex

[37] Endometriosis and mullerian anomalies. via openalex

[38] Endometriosis and Organochlorinated Environmental Pollutants: A Case–Control Study on Italian Women of Reproductive Age via openalex

[39] ENDOMETRIOSIS IN LEBANON via openalex

[40] Endometriosis in multiparous women. via openalex

[41] Endometriosis in pregnant and non-pregnant women at tubal sterilization via openalex

[42] Endometriosis in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Following Chronic Exposure to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin via openalex

[43] Endometriosis in women at interval sterilization via openalex

[44] Environmental and host-associated risk factors in endometriosis and deep endometriotic nodules: A matched case–control study via openalex

[45] Environmental PCB exposure and risk of endometriosis via openalex

[46] Epidemiologic determinants of endometriosis: A hospital-based case-control study via openalex

[47] Epidemiology of endometriosis. via openalex

[48] Epidemiology of endometriosis among parous women via openalex

[49] Epidemiology of endometriosis in a Norwegian county via openalex

[50] ESHRE guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis via openalex

[51] Findings in 200 consecutive asymptomatic women, having a laparoscopic sterilization via openalex

[52] General gynaecology: Association of phthalate esters with endometriosis in Indian women via openalex

[53] Genetic influences on endometriosis in an Australian twin sample via openalex

[54] Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis via openalex

[55] Glutathione S-transferases M1/T1 gene polymorphisms and endometriosis: a meta-analysis of genetic association studies via openalex

[56] Gonadotrophin - releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density via openalex

[57] Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues for endometriosis: bone mineral density via openalex

[58] Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and add-back therapy: what do the data show? via openalex

[59] Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and estrogen-progestogen replacement therapy via openalex

[60] High plasma concentrations of di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate in women with endometriosis via openalex

[61] High plasma concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and phthalate esters in women with endometriosis: a prospective case control study via openalex

[62] High rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis via openalex

[63] Impact of ovarian endometrioma on oocytes and pregnancy outcome in in vitro fertilization via openalex

[64] Impaired NK-cell-mediated cytotoxic activity and cytokine production in patients with endometriosis: A possible role for PCBs and DDE via openalex

[65] Incidence of Laparoscopically Confirmed Endometriosis by Demographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors via openalex

[66] Incidence, symptoms, and signs of endometriosis in fertile and infertile women. via openalex

[67] Increased levels of polychlorobiphenyls in Italian women with endometriosis via openalex

[68] Intrauterine Contraceptives: A Review of Uses, Side Effects, and Candidates via openalex

[69] Is a long period without childbirth a risk factor for developing endometriosis? via openalex

[70] Is mild endometriosis a disease?: Is mild endometriosis a condition occurring intermittently in all women? via openalex

[71] Is there an association between septate uterus and endometriosis? via openalex

[72] Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial via openalex

[73] Laparoscopic Surgery in Infertile Women with Minimal or Mild Endometriosis via openalex

[74] Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament resection for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: results of a randomized, controlled trial via openalex

[75] Low-dose oral contraceptive pill for dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trial via openalex

[76] MAST Scores, Alcohol Consumption, and Gynecological Symptoms in Endometriosis Patients via openalex

[77] Menstrual characteristics associated with endometriosis via openalex

[78] Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and the Risk of Endometriosis via openalex

[79] MODERN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS via openalex

[80] Non–Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Risk of Endometriosis via openalex

[81] Organochlorine exposure and the risk of endometriosis via openalex

[82] Organochlorine pesticides and endometriosis via openalex

[83] Ovarian cancer risk associated with varying causes of infertility via openalex

[84] Pelvic Endometriosis Diagnosed in an Entire Nation Over 20 Years via openalex

[85] Pelvic endometriosis: reproductive and menstrual risk factors at different stages in Lombardy, northern Italy. via openalex

[86] Prevalence and genesis of endometriosis via openalex

[87] Primary infertility: characteristics of women in North America according to pathological findings. via openalex

[88] Recommendations for the Design of Epidemiologic Studies of Endometriosis via openalex

[89] Reproductive History and Endometriosis Among Premenopausal Women via openalex

[90] Retrograde menstruation in healthy women and in patients with endometriosis. via openalex

[91] Revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine classification of endometriosis: 1996 via openalex

[92] Risk factors for pelvic endometriosis in women with pelvic pain or infertility via openalex

[93] Risk for breast cancer among women with endometriosis via openalex

[94] Risk of epithelial ovarian cancer in relation to benign ovarian conditions and ovarian surgery via openalex

[95] Selected food intake and risk of endometriosis via openalex

[96] Serum dioxin concentrations and endometriosis: a cohort study in Seveso, Italy. via openalex

[97] Serum dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, and endometriosis: A case-control study in Atlanta via openalex

[98] Sexual Activity, Contraception, and Reproductive Factors in Predicting Endometriosis via openalex

[99] Shift Work, hCLOCK T3111C Polymorphism, and Endometriosis Risk via openalex

[100] Subcutaneous injection of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate compared with leuprolide acetate in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain via openalex