R F Williams

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1984-1996

Study types

  • other 3
  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 2
article 1996
Antiprogestin and/or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist for endometriosis treatment and bone maintenance: a 1-year primate study.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem.81.5.8626860

The fact that RU 486 curtailed estrogen-induced endometrial proliferation in primates and relieved pelvic pain in women with endometriosis is the reason for continuing research on antiprogestins. Thirty-two adult female cynomolgus monkeys d…

other 1991
Experimental endometriosis in monkeys
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb37868.x
other 1987
Effect of pregnancy on surgically induced endometriosis in cynomolgus monkeys
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80230-2

There are few objective data to support the clinical impression that pregnancy exerts a beneficial effect on endometriosis. In this study, we examined the progression-regression of endometriosis in pregnant and nonpregnant monkeys. Endometr…

other 1984
Etiology of infertility in monkeys with endometriosis: luteinized unruptured follicles, luteal phase defects, pelvic adhesions, and spontaneous abortions
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47552-7

To elucidate the etiology of infertility due to endometriosis, we autografted endometrial or adipose tissue to the pelvic peritoneum of 21 cynomolgus monkeys. These primates were divided into five groups: control animals with adipose tissue…

article 1984
Etiology of infertility in monkeys with endometriosis: Measurement of peritoneal fluid prostaglandins
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(84)80136-2