ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Gut microbiota alterations and their association with IL6, IL8 and TNFα levels in patients with external genital endometriosis
SI Georgievsky Medical Academy, VI Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Lesya N. Gumenyuk
Bulvar Lenina, 5/7295006, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia; ur.liam@anikoros.ayel
Author contribution: Gumenyuk LN — study concept and design; Zemlyanaya IA, Rami A, Seroshtanov NA — data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; Badula ES, Ismailov AR — statistical data processing; Kokareva SS, Cheremisova AA, Kupreichyuk YuR — manuscript writing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the SI Georgievsky Medical Academy, VI Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (protocol № 10 of 14 November 2021), planned and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The informed consent was obtained from all study participants.