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Association between vitamin D and endometriosis: a systematic review by Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos; Ioannis G. Lempesis; Florentia Athanasaki; Dimitrios Schizas; Eleftherios Pierre Samartzis; Efstratios M. Kolibianakis; Dimitrios G. Goulis is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases of reproductive age, with a prevalence of 5-10% and grave consequences for quality of life and fertility. vitamin d (vit d), a classic regulator of plasma calcium concentration and skeleton mineralization, is also an effective modulator of the immune system. several studies suggest that immunologic properties attributed to vit d along with vit d receptor (vdr) expression in reproductive tissues may be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. ## Objective: To systematically review the literature for the association between components of vit d metabolism and endometriosis. ## Materials and methods: A systematic review of the literature published in the medline and cochrane central databases was conducted for original research articles on humans, published in any language. ## Results: Twenty-one studies were included in the systematic review. among them, 12 examined the relationship of endometriosis with vit d metabolites, eight with vit d-binding protein (vdbp), three with vdr polymorphisms, and two with vit d regulatory enzymes. there are discrepancies between the outcomes of the available literature
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- Author
- Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos; Ioannis G. Lempesis; Florentia Athanasaki; Dimitrios Schizas; Eleftherios Pierre Samartzis; Efstratios M. Kolibianakis; Dimitrios G. Goulis
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)