Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of endometriosis

AW Horne, SA Missmer - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth
worldwide. It is a chronic, inflammatory, gynecologic disease marked by the presence of …

Rethinking mechanisms, diagnosis and management of endometriosis

C Chapron, L Marcellin, B Borghese… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease defined as the presence of endometrial
tissue outside the uterus, which causes pelvic pain and infertility. This disease should be …

Treatment of endometriosis: a review with comparison of 8 guidelines

DR Kalaitzopoulos, N Samartzis, GN Kolovos… - BMC women's …, 2021 - Springer
Background Endometriosis, the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, is a
common clinical entity between women of reproductive age, with a prevalence of about …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical diagnosis of endometriosis: a call to action

SK Agarwal, C Chapron, LC Giudice, MR Laufer… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Endometriosis can have a profound impact on women's lives, including associated pain,
infertility, decreased quality of life, and interference with daily life, relationships, and …

Once daily oral relugolix combination therapy versus placebo in patients with endometriosis-associated pain: two replicate phase 3, randomised, double-blind, studies …

LC Giudice, S As-Sanie, JCA Ferreira, CM Becker… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Endometriosis is a common cause of pelvic pain in women, for which current
treatment options are suboptimal. Relugolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone …

The burden of endometriosis on women's lifespan: a narrative overview on quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing

L Della Corte, C Di Filippo, O Gabrielli… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease affecting more than 170 million women
worldwide and up to 10% of women of reproductive age. As a consequence of inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Endometriosis: advances and controversies in classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

E Rolla - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Endometriosis is an enigmatic disease that could start at birth. Its pathogenesis is supported
by different theories. Accumulating facts relate it to a multigenic disorder. In this review of …

World Endometriosis Society consensus on the classification of endometriosis

NP Johnson, L Hummelshoj, GD Adamson… - Human …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION What is the global consensus on the classification of endometriosis that
considers the views of women with endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER We have …

Systematic approach to sonographic evaluation of the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis, including terms, definitions and measurements: a consensus …

S Guerriero, G Condous… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group) statement is a
consensus opinion on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe …

Treatment of endometriosis-associated pain with elagolix, an oral GnRH antagonist

HS Taylor, LC Giudice, BA Lessey… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent condition that causes
dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain. Elagolix, an oral, nonpeptide, gonadotropin-releasing …