Recent advances in understanding and managing chronic pelvic pain in women with special consideration to endometriosis [PDF]
, 2020 Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is defined variably, but for clinical use it is cyclical or non-cyclical pain of at least 3-6 months' duration. It has major impacts on individuals and society. There are both structural and idiopathic causes.
Ball, E., Khan, K. S.
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Macrophage anti-inflammatory behaviour in a multiphase model of atherosclerotic plaque development [PDF]
Bull Math Biol 85, 37 (2023), 2022 Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterised by the formation of plaques, which are deposits of lipids and cholesterol-laden macrophages that form in the artery wall. The inflammation is often non-resolving, due in large part to changes in normal macrophage anti-inflammatory behaviour that are induced by the toxic plaque microenvironment ...
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Diagnositic value of pelvic enthesitis on MRI of the sacroiliac joints in enthesitis related arthritis [PDF]
, 2015 Background: To determine the prevalence and diagnostic value of pelvic enthesitis on MRI of the sacroiliac (SI) joints in enthesitis related arthritis (ERA).
Baraliakos, X. +10 more
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Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study [PDF]
, 2012 PMCID: PMC3505463The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/187. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
Althaus, CL +6 more
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Chlamydophila abortus Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 We report the first documented case of an extragestational infection with Chlamydophila abortus in humans. The pathogen was identified in a patient with severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) by sequence analysis of the ompA gene.
Gernot Walder +6 more
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The detection of patients at risk of gastrointestinal toxicity during pelvic radiotherapy by electronic nose and FAIMS : a pilot study [PDF]
, 2012 It is well known that the electronic nose can be used to identify differences between human health and disease for a range of disorders. We present a pilot study to investigate if the electronic nose and a newer technology, FAIMS (Field Asymmetric Ion ...
Andreyev, J. +7 more
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Using an agent-based sexual-network model to analyze the impact of mitigation efforts for controlling chlamydia [PDF]
, 2020 Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is the most reported sexually transmitted infection in the United States with a major cause of infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease among women. Despite decades of screening women for Ct, rates increase among young African Americans (AA). We create and analyze an agent-based network model to understand the spread of Ct.
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Randomised controlled trial of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease: the POPI (prevention of pelvic infection) trial. [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether screening and treating women for chlamydial infection reduces the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease over the subsequent 12 months. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial.
Aghaizu, A +7 more
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Diagnostic value of MRI of the sacroiliac joints in juvenile spondyloarthritis [PDF]
, 2016 Early diagnosis of spondyloarthritis (SpA) is becoming more important as new medical treatment options have become available to treat inflammation and delay progression of the disease.
Baraliakos, Xenofon +6 more
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Surgical treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease
Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2010 Delayed care of pelvic inflammatory disease as a risk factor for impaired fertility.
N. G. Balakshina, L. I. Kokh
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