M. Iwashita
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· 2 papers in corpus
· active 2003-2008
Progesterone is known to induce decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells in vitro. Decidualized stromal cells produce insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) as well as prolactin (PRL). In this study, we tested the …
OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the prevalence of endometriosis among female siblings of patients with endometriosis in Japan. METHODS: A total of 339 patients with endometriosis were questioned about endometriosis in their s…