Ingemar Persson — Endo Lab

review 2004

Review of epidemiological evidence for reproductive and hormonal factors in relation to the risk of epithelial ovarian malignancies

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00550.x

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of mortality related to gynecologic malignancies in Sweden but there is no current screening program. Based upon epidemiological research there is evidence that certain reproductive factors are associated…

article 2002

Can changes in sex hormone binding globulin predict the risk of venous thromboembolism with combined oral contraceptive pills?

·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810603.x

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have indicated that the risk of thromboembolic disease (VTE) in users of combined oral contraceptive pills (COCs) varies not only with estrogen dose, but also with the progestogen in pills with the same estrogen d…

article 1997

Cancer risk after a hospital discharge diagnosis of endometriosis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(97)70550-7

ObjectivesOur goal was to determine the risk of cancer after hospitalization for endometriosis.Study designRecords of 20,686 women hospitalized with endometriosis during the period 1969 to 1983, as identified through the nationwide Swedish …

article 1997

Intrauterine administration of levonorgestrel 5 and 10 μg/24 hours in perimenopausal hormone replacement therapy

·doi:10.3109/00016349709047827

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effects especially with regard to histopathology and bleeding patterns by levonorgestrel (5- or 10 microg/24 h) released from an intrauterine system (IUS) in combination with estradiol valerate (2 mg) …