Kristiina Wähälä

ORCID: 0000-0003-4082-8622 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2006

Lignan and isoflavone excretion in relation to uterine fibroids: a case-control study of young to middle-aged women in the United States

·doi:10.1093/ajcn/84.3.587

BackgroundUterine fibroids are hormonally responsive; estradiol and progesterone stimulate their growth, and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonists shrink them. Phytoestrogens, including isoflavones and lignans, can act as weak estrogens …