Elsimar Coutinho

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2006

Study types

  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
  • adenomyosis 1
article 2006
Effect of the menstrual cycle and oral contraceptives on aromatase and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in adenomyosis
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590601005375

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether aromatase expression in the eutopic endometrium and adenomyotic foci is affected by previous use of oral contraceptives containing gestodene, and to determine whether changes in cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expr…