{"paper_id":"45145cb6-283b-4a14-9ffc-40daabe96408","body_text":"Abstract\nA substantial proportion of General Practitioner consultations and gynaecological referrals concern disorders of menstrual bleeding. In the last decade an increased understanding of the mechanisms which initiate and regulate menstrual blood flow have resulted in new approaches to endeavour to control excessive or disordered menstrual bleeding.\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nMarkee, JE (1940). Menstruation in intraocular endometrial transplants in the rhesus monkey. Contr Embryol Cam Ins, 28, 219\nPickles, VR, and Hall, WJ (1963). Some physiological properties of the menstrual stimulant substances Al and A2. J Reprod Fertil, 6, 315\nAbel, M (1979). Production of prostaglandins by the human uterus: are they involved in menstruation? Res Clinic Forums, 1, 33\nSmith, SK, Abel, MH, Kelly, RW, and Baird, DT (1981). Prostaglandin synthesis in the endometrium of women with ovular dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Brit Obstet Gynaecol, 88, 434\nHamberg, M, and Samuellsson B (1974). Prostaglandin endoperoxides. Novel transformations of arachidonic acid in human platelets. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 71, 3400\nFrser, HM, Laird, NC, and Blakeley, DM (1980). Decreased pituitary responsiveness and inhibition of the luteinizing hormone surge and ovulation in the stumptailed monkey (Macaca arrctoides) by chronic treatment with an agonist of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. Endocrinology, 115, 1780\nBergquist, C, Nillius, SJ, and Wide, L (1982). Long-term intranasal luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist treatment for contraception in women. Fertil Steril, 38, 190\nSchmidt-Gollwitzer, M, Hardt, W, Schmidt-Gollwitzer, K, Von der Ohne, M, and Nevinny-Stickel, J (1981). Influence of the LH-RH analogue buserelin on cyclic ovarian function and on endometrium. A new approach to fertility control? Contraception, 23, 187\nPedroza E, Vilchez-Martinez, JA, Coy, DH, Arimura, A, and Schally, AV (1978). Correlation between in vivo inhibition of gonadotrophin release induced by LHRH and the blockade of ovulation by synthetic analogues of LHRH. Int J Fertil, 23, 294\nFrser, HM, and Shaw, RW (1984). Effects of chronic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist treatment in dysfunctional uterine bleeding in the stumptailed macaque. Acta Endocrinol, 106, 381\nBergquist, C, Nillius, SJ, Wide, L, and Lindgren, A (1981). Endometrial patterns in women on chronic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist treatment for contraception. Fertil Steril, 36, 339\nHallberg, L, and Nilsson, L (1964). Determination of menstrual blood loss. Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 16, 244\nShaw, RW, Fraser, HM, and Boyle, H (1983). Intranasal LHRH agonist treatment in women with endometriosis. Brit Med J, 287, 1667\nMatta, WH, Shaw, RW, Hesp, R, and Katz, D (1987). Hypogonadism induced by luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonist analogues: effects on bone density in pre-menopausal women. Brit Med J, 294, 1523\nMatta, WH, Stabile, I, Shaw, RW, and Campbell, S (1988). Doppler assessment of uterine blood flow changes in patients with fibroids receiving the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist buserelin. Fertil Steril (in press)\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nEditor information\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nShaw, R.W. (1990). The Use of GnRH Analogues to Control Menstrual Bleeding. In: Vickery, B.H., Lunenfeld, B. (eds) GnRH Analogues in Reproduction and Gynecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0721-8_7\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0721-8_7\nPublisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht\nPrint ISBN: 978-94-010-6809-3\nOnline ISBN: 978-94-009-0721-8\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}