Smith RA

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus
2019
JAMA pediatrics ·doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1136

ImportanceIncreased use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC; intrauterine devices [IUDs] and implants) has likely contributed to declining US teenage pregnancy and birth rates, yet sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates among …

letter 2007
Neurosurgery ·doi:10.1227/01.neu.0000255370.11605.43

To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Agrawal et al. (1) entitled, “Intramedullary Endometriosis of the Conus Medullaris: Case Report.” In particular, we wish to comment on the pathogenesis of intramedullary endometriosi…

review 2007
Histology and histopathology ·doi:10.14670/hh-22.1161

Müllerianosis may be defined as an organoid structure of embryonic origin; a choristoma composed of müllerian rests--normal endometrium, normal endosalpinx, and normal endocervix--singly or in combination, incorporated within other normal o…

letter 2005
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.015
article 1997
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80035-0

Study objectiveTo assess health and fertility status among women after surgical treatment of endometriosis.DesignProspective study.SettingCommunity-based gynecologic specialty practice.PatientsTwo hundred ninety women with newly diagnosed e…

article 1990
Progress in clinical and biological research

We suggest that müllerianosis is a distinct form of endometriosis, separate in its pathogenesis from transplantation endometriosis of lymphatic, hematogenous, transtubal, or iatrogenic origin, and also distinct from endometriosis of coelomi…

article 1989
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(21)00135-2

A novel presentation of endometriosis is described in which the lesion is identified within the brim or floor of peritoneal pockets located within a crescentic band in the posterior pelvis. The predictability of these peritoneal pockets and…

1977
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.74.2.587

Active folic acid degradation with the formation pterin-6-aldehyde is a previously undescribed characteristic of cancer cells in tissue culture. Neither normal adult epithelial and fibroblastic cells nor human amniotic cells nor mouse embry…