Eric J. Thomas — Endo Lab

review 1991

The Practitioner

lab-animal 1991

Epidermal growth factor in human endometrium: proliferative effects in culture and immunocytochemical localization in normal and endometriotic tissues

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137512

Endometrial proliferation is stimulated by oestradiol. The precise mechanism is poorly understood, but may be mediated by epidermal growth factor (EGF). The aim of the present study was to assess the effects of oestradiol and EGF on glandul…

rct 1989

The medical treatment of mild endometriosis

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.1989.68.s150.27

Minor degrees of endometriosis have often been regarded as being of no import and hence remain untreated, but a study of the natural history of endometriosis has demonstrated that 47% (95% confidence limits, 23-71%) of patients (n = 35) giv…

1988

The Management of Unexplained Infertility

·doi:10.1007/978-94-009-2625-7_2

rct 1987

Successful treatment of asymptomatic endometriosis: does it benefit infertile women?

British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.294.6580.1117

The relation between asymptomatic endometriosis and infertility was investigated in a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of the impact of treating the endometriosis with gestrinone. The 12 month cumulative conception rate in t…

1987

The Impact of Gestrinone upon the Natural History of Endometriosis

·doi:10.1159/000414862

observational 1986

Follicle growth patterns and endocrinological abnormalities in infertile women with minor degrees of endometriosis

British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07994.x

Eighteen patients whose only demonstrable cause of infertility was a minor degree of endometriosis and whose partners were normal, were investigated prospectively for one menstrual cycle using ultrasonography and endocrine profiles. Twelve …