Barker FG

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1993-1998

Study types

  • article 2
  • review 2
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • adenomyosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
review 1998
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/4.5.496

Human non-gravid myometrium differentiates in response to ovarian sex steroids into a subendometrial layer or junctional zone and an outer myometrial layer. Compared to the outer myometrial layer, the junctional zone myocytes are characteri…

article 1995
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1995.tb11320.x

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prospectively the role of endovaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of adenomyosis and to identify predictive characteristics. SETTING: In Vitro Fertilisation Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. SUBJECTS: Fifty-six women w…

article 1995
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57625-0

ObjectiveTo determine the sensitivity and specificity of myometrial needle biopsies in the diagnosis of adenomyosis uteri in vitro.DesignEight needle biopsies and 8 corresponding myometrial blocks were taken from 27 hysterectomy specimens w…

review 1995
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91387-4

The myometrium is usually thought of as a homogeneous mass of smooth muscle fibres. However, magnetic resonance studies of the uterus have revealed two distinct zones--the subendometrial myometrium or junctional zone and the outer myometriu…

letter 1993
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/0140-6736(93)90047-k