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No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus
observational 2012

Hugo Maia Jr1,2, Clarice Haddad1, Julio Casoy1, Rebeca Maia1, Nathanael Pinheiro3, Elsimar M Coutinho11Centro de Pesquisa e Assistência em Reprodução Humana (CEPARH), 2Itaigara Memorial Day Hospital, 3IMAGEPA…

observational 2012
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s30087

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (Mirena(®)) on aromatase and cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) expression in the endometrium of patients with adenomyosis who were submitted to endometrial resect…

observational 2008
Contraception ·doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.002

BACKGROUND: The study was conducted to evaluate vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Cox-2 and aromatase expression in the endometrium of uteri with myomas and other associated pathologies. STUDY DESIGN: Hysteroscopy was performed in…

observational 2005
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590400021086

OBJECTIVE: To study the expression of proliferation markers (ki-67) and anti-apoptotic protein (bcl-2) in adenomyotic lesions during the menstrual cycle or following the use of steroid hormones. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety patients of rep…

observational 2004
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590310001652982

Our objective was to investigate the presence of focal p53 expression in relation to proliferation rates in adenomyotic lesions during the menstrual cycle and in women on oral contraception. Fifty-nine perimenopausal patients with menorrhag…

rct 2003
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60158-2

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of Mirena, a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device, after endometrial resection for treatment of menorrhagia caused by adenomyosis. DESIGN: Open, randomized, observational study (Canadian Ta…

review 2001
·doi:10.1017/s0962279901000357

According to Webster's Universal College Dictionary (Random House, 1997), normal means “conforming to the standard or the common type; usual regular, natural; free of any mental disorder; sane; free from disease or malformation”. On the bas…

other 1996
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(96)80226-x

Transvaginal sonography made a preoperative diagnosis of ovarian endometriotic cyst in 45 women (age 20-45 yrs). The cyst was unilocular in 37 patients and multilocular in the rest. Intracystic projections were noted in seven. Doppler studi…

nonrandomized-trial 1990
Progress in clinical and biological research
nonrandomized-trial 1988
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59765-9

The effectiveness and acceptability of gestrinone administered by vaginal route was evaluated in a group of 110 patients with endometriosis. Patients were divided into four groups. The first three groups were treated by vaginal route. Group…

other 1982
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(82)90180-6

Twenty patients with endometriosis diagnosed by laparoscopy were treated with the antiestrogen, antiprogesterone gestrinone (R-2323) for 6 to 8 months. The drug was administered in a dose of 5 mg twice weekly. According to the American Fert…

lab-animal 1975
International journal of fertility

Imidazole, acetylcholine, phenylephrine prostaglandin F2alpha, and methyl prostaglandin F2alpha increased the contractility of guinea pig and human ovaries in vitro. This effect was suppressed by aminophylline. Indomethacin inhibited ovaria…

nonrandomized-trial 1973
International journal of fertility

The pattern of tubal and uterine motility was investigated in 16 women treated with 350 mcs megestrol acetate daily for 4 weeks. Myometrial activity characteristic of estrogen domination was recorded during the proliferative phase in most p…