Meet the editor

Dr. Giovana Aparecida Gonçalves is a professor of Medicine and Nursing Courses at Padre Albino University Center, UNIFIPA, and a collaborating professor of Master's and Doctorate Degrees at the Department of Gynecology, UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo). Dr. Gonçalves has a PhD in Sciences from the Heart Institute, Medical School, São Paulo University, USP (2008); a postdoctoral degree from the Department of Gynecol-

ogy, UNIFESP (2009–2014); and a postdoctoral degree from the Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular Link, Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Peter Carmeliet (2014–2015). Dr. Gonçalves develops projects in the area of gene therapy and cell therapy with a focus on angiogenesis.

Contents

in Gynecology

Endometriosis

*by Ningning Wang*

*by Alfredo Borges Garnica*

*by Manuela Cristina Russu*

*by Giovana Aparecida Gonçalves*

Changes in the Puzzle of Endometriosis

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 23**

**Chapter 4 41**

Introductory Chapter: Changes in the Approach of the Patient with Endometriosis and the Development of Genetics and Molecular Biology

The Role of the Molecular Genetic Approach in the Pathogenesis of

Proteomics Research and Its Possibility of Application in Endometriosis

Progesterone Resistance and Adult Stem Cells' Genomic and Epigenetic
