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No ORCID on file · 11 papers in corpus
nonrandomized-trial 1998
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70316-3

OBJECTIVE: We have previously shown that treatment with mifepristone, 50 to 100 mg daily, results in amenorrhea, anovulation, and symptomatic improvement in women with endometriosis. In this study we lowered the dose to 5 mg daily to determ…

nonrandomized-trial 1996
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58022-4

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of an antiprogesterone (mifepristone, RU486; Roussel-Uclaf, Romaineville, France) on endometriosis. DESIGN: An open, prospective clinical trial. SETTING: The clinical practice of an academic …

nonrandomized-trial 1995
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57478-0

OBJECTIVE: To examine endometrial response to long-term low-does RU486 administration. DESIGN: Retrospective controlled study of women with endometriosis treated for 6 months with 50 mg RU486 daily for 6 months. Controls consisted of women…

nonrandomized-trial 1994
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/9.suppl_1.116

To evaluate the long-term effects of treatment with RU486 and to test its efficacy in endometriosis, a 3-month trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of daily administration (100 mg/day or approximately 2 mg/kg/day) on the functional a…

nonrandomized-trial 1992
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55200-5

OBJECTIVE: To examine hormonal and endometrial responses to intermittent low-dose RU486 administration in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. DESIGN: Prospective open trial in which subjects serve as their own controls. PATIENTS/PART…

other 1991
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54531-2

OBJECTIVE: To examine endocrine and clinical responses to long-term administration of RU486 in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective open trial. SETTING: Faculty practice of the authors. PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: Six normally cy…

nonrandomized-trial 1990
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53936-3

Sequential blockade of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and progesterone (P) receptors by potent antagonists (Nal-Glu GnRH antagonist and RU486) was conducted in late-luteal phase women to develop a once-a-month birth control method by…

lab-animal 1989
Neuroendocrinology ·doi:10.1159/000125223

The effect of preferential delivery of estradiol (E2) into the brain on both the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and weight gain was studied in female rats. When E2 was coupled to a lipoidal dihydropyridine-pyridinium carrier, the resul…

other 1989
European journal of endocrinology ·doi:10.1530/acta.0.1210147

To investigate effects of prolonged dopaminergic antagonism on LH pulsatile secretion, 22 normal cycling women (10 in the early follicular phase (days 3 and 4), 6 in the late follicular phase (days 10 to 13), 6 in the midluteal phase (days …

review 1983
Fertility and sterility
other 1971
The Journal of clinical investigation ·doi:10.1172/jci106587

The sequential changes in the concentration and pattern of circulating luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)(1) following bilateral ovariectomy were determined in 10 premenopausal women. The initial (1st wk) and de…