Morales AJ
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· 11 papers in corpus
· active 1994-1999
Study types
- article 5
- other 3
- case-report 1
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 10
- chronic_pelvic_pain 2
- infertility 1
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1999
OBJECTIVE: To measure autoantibodies that recognize oxidatively modified proteins in the sera of women with surgically proven endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Tertiary care academic medical center. PATIENT(S): Women und…
other
1999
Endometriosis is best regarded as a chronic disease that can vary in symptomatology over time. Endoscopic therapy for relief of pelvic pain as well as infertility is a therapeutic option. The formation of a rational treatment plan before su…
article
1998
ObjectiveTo evaluate for the presence of oxidatively modified lipid-protein complexes in endometriosis and endometrium of women with endometriosis and controls.DesignControlled clinical study.SettingAcademic tertiary care center.Patient(s)W…
article
1998
Inflammatory processes have been hypothesized to mediate some of the clinical sequelae associated with endometriosis. The peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with endometriosis is known to contain more inflammatory cells and their associated cyt…
article
1998
ObjectiveTo determine whether cultured human peritoneal macrophages have functional scavenger receptor(s) and whether activation of macrophages in endometriosis may involve an increase in scavenger receptor activity.DesignA controlled clini…
case-report
1998
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…
review
1996
RU-486, the first clinically available antiprogestin, has numerous gynecologic applications beyond first-trimester pregnancy termination. Long-term administration of 2 mg/day of RU-486 suppresses ovulation while maintaining serum estrogen l…
other
1996
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 …
article
1995
ObjectiveTo examine endometrial response to long-term low-does RU486 administration.DesignRetrospective controlled study of women with endometriosis treated for 6 months with 50 mg RU486 daily for 6 months. Controls consisted of women in th…
1994
RU-486 (17 beta-hydroxy-4-dimethylaminophenyl-17-alpha-propenyl estrone 4,9 diene-3-one; mifepristone) is suggested to act by binding to progesterone and glucocorticoid receptors. Based on its chemical nature, we anticipated that RU-486 may…
article
1994
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…