John C. Stevenson

The skeletal effects of two therapies for endometriosis that produce hypo-oestrogenism in 23 premenopausal women have been studied. Eleven women received goserelin 3.6 mg monthly by subcutaneous implant and 12 women received danazol 600 mg …

Plasma lipid risk markers for coronary heart disease (CHD) are influenced by sex steroid concentrations. Therapies that alter sex hormone levels have the potential to affect CHD risk. Zoladex had no effect on plasma lipids, but increased hi…

Low peak adult bone mass in a premenopausal woman puts her at increased risk for osteoporosis postmenopausally. Episodes of hypo-estrogenism premenopausally are associated with loss of bone density. This is seen with gonadotropin-releasing …

1. Danazol elevates plasma insulin, plasma glucagon and serum low-density lipoprotein concentrations and reduces the serum high-density lipoprotein concentration. 2. Associations between these disturbances were studied in 17 women receiving…