S S Yen

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 1983-1998

Study types

  • article 3
  • case-report 1
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
case-report 1998
Preliminary report on the treatment of endometriosis with low-dose mifepristone (RU 486)
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…

other 1996
Treatment of endometriosis with the antiprogesterone mifepristone (RU486)
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 …

article 1995
Endometrial effects of long-term low-dose administration of RU486
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57478-0
article 1994
Clinical efficacy of the antiprogesterone RU486 in the treatment of endometriosis and uterine fibroids
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…

article 1991
Endocrine responses to long-term administration of the antiprogesterone RU486 in patients with pelvic endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54531-2
review 1983
Clinical applications of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs
Fertility and Sterility