Stephen Thung

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 1997-2010

Study types

  • review 2
  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
review 2010
17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-2 Deficiency and Progesterone Resistance in Endometriosis
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0029-1242992

Estradiol (E2) stimulates the growth and inflammation in the ectopic endometriotic tissue that commonly resides on the pelvic organs. Several clinical and laboratory-based observations are indicative of resistance to progesterone action in …

review 2010
Estrogen Receptor-β, Estrogen Receptor-α, and Progesterone Resistance in Endometriosis
Seminars in reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1055/s-0029-1242991

Loss of progesterone signaling in the endometrium may be a causal factor in the development of endometriosis, and progesterone resistance is commonly observed in women with this disease. In endometriotic stromal cells, the levels of progest…

article 1997
Alterations in Endometrial Stromal Cell Tissue Factor Protein and Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in Patients Experiencing Abnormal Uterine Bleeding While Using Norplant-2 Contraception1
·doi:10.1210/jcem.82.6.3992

A high incidence of irregular uterine bleeding is the primary patient complaint limiting the utility of long term, progestin-only contraceptive agents such as Norplant. The onset of hemorrhage requires both inadequate hemostasis and impaire…