Antti Kauppila

No ORCID on file · 28 papers in corpus · active 1979-1998

Study types

  • article 26
  • book-chapter 1
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 24
  • dysmenorrhea 3
  • infertility 3
  • endometrioma 1
article 1998
·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0412.1998.770711.x

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate endometrial responses to three different forms of amenorrhea-inducing HRT in postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty-one postmenopausal women completing a one-year HRT trial with percutaneous estradiol gel …

article 1998
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/13.12.3503

Serum CA 125 concentration is seldom >100 IU/ml in endometriosis. We report a patient with ruptured endometrioma presenting with a very high CA 125 concentration, 9300 IU/ml. Elimination of endometriosis was followed by a sharp decrease in …

letter 1998
European journal of endocrinology ·doi:10.1530/eje.0.1380134

Journal Article Reappraisal of progestins in endometriosis therapy Get access A Kauppila A Kauppila Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oulu, FIN-90220 Oulu, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academ…

article 1996
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58023-6

ObjectiveTo examine the effects of concomitant use of goserelin and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in the treatment of endometriosis.DesignThirty-eight women with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis were treated with once-a-month s.…

article 1992
·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(92)90702-k
article 1992
·doi:10.1016/0028-2243(92)90294-9
article 1990
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/0028-2243(90)90055-6

The hormonal and biochemical effects of danazol (600 mg a day) and high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA; 100 mg a day) were studied in a placebo-controlled, 6-month trial. Serum gonadotrophins and prolactin levels did not change durin…

article 1989
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(89)90738-2

The circulating concentration of endometrial protein PP14 varied during the menstrual cycle in patients with endometriosis. The highest levels were found on days 1 to 4 of the cycle (176 +/- 123 micrograms/L; mean +/- SD), and the lowest on…

article 1989
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.1989.68.s150.7

Progestins, including medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), danazol and gestrinone, are used in the medical management of endometriosis. Danazol and gestrinone, by inducing progestin-like effects, closely resemble MPA in their actions on intra…

article 1988
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513598809029339

The capacity of the anterior pituitary to secrete prolactin (PRL) and gonadotropins was evaluated by TRH and GnRH stimulation, followed by metoclopramide (MC) administration 1 hour later, before and after clomiphene citrate (CC) priming in …

book-chapter 1987
·doi:10.1159/000414861

Studies on cytosol endometrial estrogen and progestin receptor concentrations and 17s-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity have shown that the effects of danazol and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) are similar. Therefore we conducted a p…

article 1987
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513598709082692

A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and tolerance of danazol and high-dose medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in the treatment of mild-moderate endometriosis. After laparoscopi…

article 1987
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513598709082709

To evaluate the clinical value of postoperative hormone therapy in endometriosis, 60 patients with advanced disease were randomized to receive in a double-blind study danazol (200 mg, 3 times daily), medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) (100 m…

article 1987
Contributions to gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1159/000414846
article 1985
Obstetrics and gynecology

Twenty patients with moderate to very severe painful menstrual periods secondary to endometriosis were treated in a double-blind, four-period, crossover clinical trial with naproxen sodium and placebo. Complete or substantial pain relief wa…

article 1985
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48376-7

Cytosol and nuclear estrogen receptors were detected in 73% and 89% of untreated endometriosis specimens, respectively. The corresponding figures for cytosol and nuclear progestin receptors were 94% and 100%, respectively. Compared with the…

article 1984
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica. Supplement ·doi:10.3109/00016348409156981

Concentrations of cytosol estrogen (ERc) and progestin (PRc) receptors and the activities of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17-HSD) were measured in 80 untreated and 23 danazol-treated endometriotic tissue specimens. The results were…

article 1984
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)47959-8

Luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor concentrations in ovarian follicles and corpora lutea were measured in 51 patients with histologically proven endometriosis and in 41 control patients. The LH receptor concentrations in cases of endometrios…

article 1983
·doi:10.1016/0022-4731(83)91959-3
article 1982
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016348209156957

The concentration of LH (hCG) receptors in the granulosa cells of ovarian follicles was assayed in 20 patients with histologically proven endometriosis and in 6 control patients. The levels of receptors in 15 patients with ovarian endometri…

article 1982
·doi:10.1210/jcem-54-5-955

Seven healthy women, aged 21–36 yr, were treated with metoclopramide (MC; 10 mg 3 times daily orally) from the 2nd to the 22nd cycle day over 2 consecutive menstrual cycles in order to investigate the effects of hyperprolactinemia on female…

article 1981
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(15)33278-6

Cytosol estrogen (ER) and progestin (PR) receptors were quantified in 47 endometriosis lesions from 41 patients and compared with receptor measurements in the endometrial tissue of nine of these patients. Half of the specimens of endometrio…

article 1981
·doi:10.1097/00006254-198105000-00024

Two hundred and eight patients treated surgically for endometriosis were reviewed one to four years later. The incidence of endometriosis in this survey was 17 per cent of all gynecological laparotomies. After operation, 30 per cent of the …

article 1980
International journal of cancer ·doi:10.1002/ijc.2910250202

Abstract Some human ovarian malignancies respond favorably to hormone therapy. In order to obtain more information about the endocrine properties of these malignancies, we measured estrogen (ER) and progestin (PR) receptors in 21 malignant …

article 1980
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.3109/00016348009155423

Two hundred and eight patients treated surgically for endometriosis were reviewed one to four years later. The incidence of endometriosis in this survey was 17 per cent of all gynecological laparotomies. After operation, 30 per cent of the …