Younglim Kho

Objective: Studies on leiomyoma of uterus and phthalates, one of the estrogen-dependent diseases, have shown equivocal results. However, in our case-control study, phthalate exposure in patients with uterine leiomyoma was found to be higher…

We assessed the urinary concentration of 16 phthalate metabolites in 57 women with and without uterine leiomyoma (n = 30 and 27; respectively) to determine the association between phthalate exposure and uterine leiomyoma. To evaluate exposu…