Eileen Thomas

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease but remains a poorly understood condition. Fundamental questions about the aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, natural history and treatment are still unanswered by the extensive research …

OBJECTIVE: To review current understanding of endometriosis. METHOD: A review of etiology, pathogenesis, relationship with infertility, medical and surgical treatment. RESULTS: It is likely that endometriosis occurs in most women at some st…

SummaryThe incidence of endometriosis in the tirst degree relatives of 64 women with a visual diagnosis of endometriosis, the index group, was compared with 128 case controls with no known endometriosis. Data was collected by interview and …

OBJECTIVE: We observed the effects on bone metabolism of the addition of different doses of oral norethisterone during treatment with the GnRH agonist nafarelin (Synarel, Syntex). PATIENTS: Ninety-four women with a subjective complaint of h…

A new drug, gestrinone, was subjected to the first double blind, randomised placebo controlled trial of any treatment of endometriosis. The disease deteriorated in eight (47%) of the 17 patients prescribed placebo (95% confidence limits 23%…