M H Moen

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1987-1997

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • adenomyosis 3
  • infertility 2
article 1997
Epidemiology of endometriosis in a Norwegian county
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016349709024584

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis in Norwegian women aged 40 to 42, and to evaluate reproductive events and life-style as risk factors for endometriosis as well as to evaluate related health-problems. MATE…

review 1995
Why do women develop endometriosis and why is it diagnosed?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/10.1.8
article 1994
Endometriosis in monozygotic twins
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016349409013396

OBJECTIVE: To study the reproductive and medical history of monozygotic twin sisters and mothers of patients with endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Among 515 patients with endometriosis, eight had a monozygotic twin sister all of whom ha…

other 1993
The extent and clinical significance of adenomyotic lesions in the uterine wall. A quantitative assessment
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/j.1699-0463.1993.tb00200.x

This report presents an attempt to assess quantitatively the extent of adenomyotic lesions in hysterectomy specimens from women with symptoms suggesting adenomyosis (n = 14) and from women operated on for other reasons (n = 12). The specime…

other 1993
The familial risk of endometriosis
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016349309058164

OBJECTIVE: To study the occurrence of endometriosis or adenomyosis in mothers and sisters of patients with endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 563 patients with endometriosis were interviewed about endometriosis or adenomyosis in their moth…

article 1992
Histologic confirmation of endometriosis in different peritoneal lesions
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016349209021069

The aim of this study was to compare the macroscopic evaluation of peritoneal abnormalities suspected of endometriosis with the histologic examination of the tissue. Peritoneal biopsies from 152 patients investigated for gynecological probl…

article 1991
CA 125 in peritoneal fluid from patients with endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137277

This study was performed to evaluate CA 125 in peritoneal fluid as an indicator of endometriosis. Peritoneal fluid from patients with mostly minimal and mild endometriosis (n = 43) and normal controls (n = 17) was collected at laparoscopy o…

article 1991
Endometriosis in pregnant and non-pregnant women at tubal sterilization
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137411

The prevalence of endometriosis was investigated in 208 women at the time of laparoscopic tubal sterilization. In 101 women who were in the first trimester of pregnancy, 16% endometriosis was found. In 107 non-pregnant women, 22% endometrio…

article 1991
Is a long period without childbirth a risk factor for developing endometriosis?
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137278

Endometriosis was found in 42 (20%) of 206 symptom-free, parous Norwegian women with a mean age of 37 years at the time of sterilization. Case-control analysis between the 42 women with endometriosis and the 164 without endometriosis reveal…

article 1987
Endometriosis in women at interval sterilization
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016348709022053

The prevalence of endometriosis was investigated in 108 Norwegian women admitted for interval tubal sterilization. The mean age of the patients was 37 years. Endometriosis was detected in 19 (18%) of the women. About one-half of these had n…