Low birth weight is strongly associated with the risk of deep infiltrating endometriosis: results of a 743 case-control study.

The influence of intrauterine environment on the risk of endometriosis is still controversial. Whether birth weight modifies the risk of endometriosis in adulthood remains an open question. For this purpose, we designed a case-control study involving 743 women operated on for benign gynecological in...

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Main Authors: Bruno Borghese, Jeanne Sibiude, Pietro Santulli, Marie-Christine Lafay Pillet, Louis Marcellin, Ivo Brosens, Charles Chapron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4332485?pdf=render