Publications by authors named "A de Vallee"
Background: Symptoms frequently associated with endometriosis affect quality of life (QoL). Our aim investigated the hypothesis that cluster analysis can be used to identify homogeneous phenotyping subgroups of women according to the burden of the endometriosis for their QoL, and then to investigate the phenotype differences observed between these subgroups.
Methods: We developed an anonymous online survey, which received responses from 1,586 French women with endometriosis.
Effects of pretreatment strategies on fertility outcomes in patients with adenomyosis.
Front Reprod Health
December 2024
Adenomyosis is a commonly encountered pathology in women of reproductive age and frequently coexists with infertility. The effect of adenomyosis on fertility, particularly on fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes, is not well understood. Various pretreatment modalities have been used to improve pregnancy rates and live birth outcomes; however, because of a lack of high-quality evidence, there is no clear consensus on the best pretreatment option.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLysM effectors are suppressors of chitin-triggered plant immunity in biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungi. In necrotrophic fungi, LysM effectors might induce a mechanism to suppress host immunity during the short asymptomatic phase they establish before these fungi activate plant defenses and induce host cell death leading to necrosis. Here, we characterize a secreted LysM protein from a major necrotrophic fungus, Botrytis cinerea, called BcLysM1.
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- Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths, and France currently lacks a national screening program for it.
- The Foch Hospital launched a pilot program for low-dose CT screening to assess its effectiveness, targeting individuals aged 50-80 with significant smoking histories.
- Out of 477 participants, a small percentage (1.7%) showed positive nodules on scans, with the majority of detected cancers (66.7%) found at early stages, indicating the feasibility of structured screening in identifying treatable cases.
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- The study evaluates the use of a specialized aortic root endograft for treating acute type A aortic dissections (ATAAD) and proposes a new classification for aortic tears.
- With a high perioperative mortality rate of 12% to 20%, traditional surgical options are being compared to the Endobentall approach, which has only seen limited documentation in case reports.
- Out of 250 CT scans reviewed, 116 patients were analyzed, revealing that 63.7% were eligible for the Endobentall procedure, increasing to 73.3% under extended criteria, with most cases qualifying for the fenestrated version.