Robert L. Barbieri

OBJECTIVE: To define the clinical presentation and follow-up of women found to have endosalpingiosis. METHODS: Subjects included for retrospective study were identified as having had a pathologic diagnosis of endosalpingiosis. Those subjec…

OBJECTIVE: To report a simple technique for diagnosing stenosis of the external cervical os and to evaluate an association between stenosis of the external cervical os and endometriosis in women with chronic pelvic pain. DESIGN: Case serie…

To explore a possible connection between endometriosis, Müllerian anomalies, and possession of the N314D allele of the gene for galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT), we studied 33 women with endometriosis attending a fertility cl…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree of intraobserver and interobserver variability in endometriosis staging using the revised American Fertility Society (AFS) classification of endometriosis. DESIGN: Videotapes of laparoscopies of 20 patients …

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York, and University Hospital Health Science Center Stony Brook, New York 11794–9091

In women with recurrent pelvic pain caused by endometriosis, hormonal therapy with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist is an effective alternative to surgical therapy. The basis for medical treatment of endometriosis is that endometrio…

The purpose of this randomized double blind prospective trial was to study the efficacy and safety of two doses of oral gestrinone in the treatment of endometriosis. Six patients received gestrinone 1.25 mg twice weekly (group I) and six pa…

The pharmacologic profiles of danazol and nafarelin differ considerably from each other. Danazol interacts with multiple classes of proteins, whereas the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist nafarelin interacts only with the pituitary gon…

Endometriosis is an extremely common gynaecological disease, affecting between 1 and 5% of women of reproductive age. Women with endometriosis typically present for medical care with one of more of the following problems: pelvic pain, infer…

The true prevalence of endometriosis remains undetermined because diagnostic laparoscopy cannot be performed on large, random, population-based samples of women. However, available evidence suggests that the disease occurs in approximately …

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists are effective in the treatment of endometriosis and myomas, both of which are estrogen-dependent processes, but there is a high clinical recurrence rate after therapy is discontinued. Long-term contin…

Nucleolar Organizer Regions (NORs) code for ribosomal RNA and are thought to be an accurate representation of the percentage of cells in S-phase. NORs are associated with nonhistone nucleoproteins, which can be stained with silver (AgNORs).…

Endometriosis is the presence of tissue resembling endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus. The anatomical sites most often affected by endometriosis are the ovaries, uterosacral ligaments, pelvic peritoneum, rectovaginal septum, c…

The effects of danazol on leukocyte activation in vitro were compared with those of other known immunosuppressive steroids. Danazol at a concentration of 10(-6) M, the systemic level in women taking 600 mg/day, significantly inhibited lymph…

Letters and Corrections1 August 1982DanazolROBERT L. BARBIERI, M.D.ROBERT L. BARBIERI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-2-286_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAd…

Letters and Corrections1 January 1980Danazol and Thyroid FunctionROBERT L. BARBIERI, M.D.ROBERT L. BARBIERI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-92-1-133_2 Se…