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No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus
article 2014
Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.12891/ceog17042014

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) provide highly effective, long-term, safe, reversible contraception, and are the most widely used reversible contraceptive method worldwide. The levonorgestrel-releasing IUD (LNG-IUD), originally designed for lon…

article 2011
Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology

BACKGROUND: Because of its low incidence, medical treatment of has not yet been well established although surgical excision is generally considered effective. We report the first case of primary bladder endometriosis successfully managed wi…

article 2000
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1067/mob.2000.104804

ObjectiveImpaired sensitivity of endometrial tissue to spontaneous apoptosis in women with endometriosis contributes to the abnormal implantation and growth of endometrium at ectopic sites. Our purpose was to examine the effect of gonadotro…

article 1998
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(97)00158-9

Changes in serum glucose levels were examined in a female with insulin-independent diabetes who received a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog treatment for pelvic endometriosis. The mean blood glucose levels were higher on buserel…

article 1998
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(98)00003-7

Levels of CA125, CA72-4 and CA19-9, serum markers for ovarian cancer, were measured throughout menstrual cycles in a patient with probable pelvic endometriosis. The patient had CA125 levels >1000 U ml(-1), CA72-4>10 U ml(-1) and CA19-9>150 …

letter 1994
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(94)90581-9
other 1994
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1006/gyno.1994.1264

In support of a possible clinical use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (Gn-RH) analogs in the treatment of the endometrial carcinoma, this study was undertaken to establish the presence and characteristics of Gn-RH receptor on endometrial …

article 1991
General pharmacology ·doi:10.1016/0306-3623(91)90014-w

1. Gestrinone has been used for treatment of pelvic endometriosis, in doses of 2.5 mg twice a week. This study is designed to clarify it from the dynamics of sex steroid receptors in rabbit uterus. 2. Four different regimens were scheduled,…