Greaves P — Endo Lab

review 2006

Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2006.01.003

Adenomyosis has been reported in a number of different animal species, whereas endometriosis appears limited to humans and non-human primates. This suggests a different aetiology of the two conditions. Adenomyosis develops spontaneously in …

article 2005

Neonatal tamoxifen treatment of mice leads to adenomyosis but not uterine cancer

Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie ·doi:10.1016/j.etp.2004.10.001

Tamoxifen is contraindicated during pregnancy but many births have been reported in breast cancer patients taking this drug and numbers might be expected to increase with FDA approval of tamoxifen for risk reduction in women at high, risk o…

article 2003

Comparison of the effect of oestradiol, tamoxifen and raloxifene on nerve growth factor-alpha expression in specific neonatal mouse uterine cell types using laser capture microdissection

Journal of molecular endocrinology ·doi:10.1677/jme.0.0300001

Oral dosing of CD-1 mice on days 2-5 after birth with tamoxifen but not raloxifene disrupts the development of the myometrium, resulting in adult uterine adenomyosis. Using laser capture microdissection and RT-PCR we have investigated nerve…

article 2001

Adenomyosis—A Result of Disordered Stromal Differentiation

The American journal of pathology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61733-6

Adenomyosis is a fairly frequent disorder in adult women characterized by the haphazard location of endometrial glands and stroma deep within the myometrium of the uterus. This study compared the effects on uterine development of the select…