TY - CHAP AU - Victoria Turpin AU - Anna Leonova AU - Sanjay K. Agarwal AU - Warren G. Foster ED - Courtney Marsh Y1 - 2020-02-19 PY - 2020 T1 - microRNA and Overcoming the Challenges of Their Use in the Diagnosis of Endometriosis N2 - This book provides a comprehensive look at endometriosis, a disease affecting 10 percent of reproductive women. It explores risk factors for endometriosis including environmental factors that are shedding light on this disease. It also investigates novel methods for diagnosing and treating pain related to endometriosis, which can be debilitating in some women. Conditions associated with endometriosis including adenomyosis, invasion of endometrial glands and stroma into the uterine muscle, and infertility are reviewed in depth. Finally, the book examines treatment options for women with endometriosis ranging from hormonal to surgical. This volume is targeted to practitioners seeing patients with endometriosis to better inform them regarding up-to-date diagnostic and treatment options. BT - Endometriosis SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91324 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.91324 SN - 978-1-83962-465-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -