The Challenging Path to Diagnosis
This essay delineates the author's harrowing experiences with endometriosis and the struggles she faced when she tried to garner support for her disease from her loved ones and doctors.
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Potential New Target to Treat Endometriosis?
Scientists found that special cells called myeloid-derived suppressor cells could be playing a role in the development of endometriosis.
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Endometriosis and its pro-fibrotic nature.
The fibrotic nature of endometriosis should not be forgotten, apart from its usual appearance of "endometrial stroma and epithelium’ according to Dr. Somigliana.
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Hair Cortisol Levels are Higher in Women Suffering from Endometriosis
Women suffering from endometriosis have higher hair cortisol levels, which are indicative of increased stress, and these cortisol levels were found to positively correlate with Health-Related Quality of Life.
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Endometriosis Costs the Economy Almost $15,000 a Year per Patient
Women with endometriosis incur significantly higher healthcare costs compared to other patients.
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Blood vessels formation in endometriosis
Clinical implication of endometriosis vasculature
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The effects of MK2206 and chloroquine combination therapy on endometriosis.
Autophagy may be required for regrowth of endometriosis.
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