Meet the editor

Dr. Courtney Marsh is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Kansas Health System and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI). She attended the University of Kansas where she obtained both her undergraduate and medical school degrees. During medical school, she also completed a fellowship in Epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the

National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. She completed her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Emory University and REI fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Marsh's research focuses on improving fertility outcomes. Currently, she is funded by Garmin International, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Contents

**Section 1**

Re-Examined

**Section 2**

of Endometriosis

*by John Jarrell*

Adenomyosis

**Section 4**

Infertility

*by Wei Zheng and Boya Deng*

*Fedotova Irina and Khabibullakh Tamana*

**Section 3**

*by Shay M. Freger and Warren G. Foster*

*Nicolás Olea and Francisco Artacho-Cordón*

Pain Testing in Endometriosis for the Clinician

and Risk of Endometriosis

**Preface XI**

Epidemiology of Endometriosis: Risk Factors and Environmental Contribution **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 27**

Diagnosis of Endometriosis **47**

**Chapter 3 49**

**Chapter 4 61**

About Adenomyosis **71**

**Chapter 5 73**

Endometriosis and Infertility **83**

**Chapter 6 85**

Benefits of Surgical Intervention in Women with Endometriosis-Related

*by Popov Alexander, Koval Alexey, Fedorov Anton, Tyurina Svetlana,* 

The Link between Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Endometriosis

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products

*by Francisco M. Peinado, Luz M. Iribarne-Durán, Olga Ocón-Hernández,* 

microRNA and Overcoming the Challenges of Their Use in the Diagnosis

*by Victoria Turpin, Anna Leonova, Sanjay K. Agarwal and Warren G. Foster*
