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· 6 papers in corpus
2016
ObjectiveHysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) are associated with changes in endogenous hormone levels, yet the risk of venous thrombosis (VT) associated with hysterectomy and BSO is incompletely characterized. This study …
article
2011
ObjectiveUsing a medical record abstraction-based case-control study with two control groups, we evaluated adenomyosis risk factors and investigated differences related to comparison group selection.Materials and methodsMedical records of a…
2011
BackgroundWe conducted a population-based, case-control study to examine the association between the use of genital powder and ovarian cancer risk, including measures of extent and timing of exposure. We also assessed the relationship of po…
article
2008
ObjectiveSome forms of ovarian neoplasms may be preventable through the removal of precursor lesions. We assessed the risk associated with a prior diagnosis of, and ovarian surgery following, ovarian cysts and endometriosis, with a focus on…
review
2000
This paper proposes a standard definition of endometriotic disease for epidemiologic studies and suggests subject-selection strategies to increase the validity of clinic- or population-based studies of the disease. Although endometriosis ca…
other
1982
Female residents of six counties in Washington and Utah in whom ovarian cancer was diagnosed during 1975-79 were interviewed concerning prior use of noncontraceptive estrogens. Interviews with a random sample of women drawn from these count…