Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 681-688 , May 2010

Increased exposure to dioxin-like compounds is associated with endometriosis in a case–control study in women

  • Peter Simsa

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven B-3000, Belgium
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Institute of Health, Budapest 1139, Hungary
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  • Attila Mihalyi

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven B-3000, Belgium
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  • Greet Schoeters

      Affiliations

    • Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO), Environmental Toxicology, Mol, Belgium
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  • Gudrun Koppen

      Affiliations

    • Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO), Environmental Toxicology, Mol, Belgium
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  • Cleophas M. Kyama

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven B-3000, Belgium
    • Division of Reproduction, Institute of Primate Research, PO Box 24481, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Elly M. Den Hond

      Affiliations

    • Flemish Institute of Technological Research (VITO), Environmental Toxicology, Mol, Belgium
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  • Vilmos Fülöp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Institute of Health, Budapest 1139, Hungary
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  • Thomas M. D’Hooghe

      Affiliations

    • Leuven University Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven B-3000, Belgium
    • Division of Reproduction, Institute of Primate Research, PO Box 24481, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 July 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 17 December 2009.

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 Peter Simsa graduated in 1998 and then did research in the area of breast cancer and B cell infiltration at Semmelweis University, Hungary. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as an international research scholar on toxicological aspects of endometriosis under supervision of Professor Dr Thomas D’Hooghe (Leuven University, Belgium). He is currently finalizing his PhD thesis in Hungary and studying immunological aspects of recurrent spontaneous abortion.

PII: S1472-6483(10)00054-4

doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.01.018

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 5 , Pages 681-688 , May 2010

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