Christopher Altgassen

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 2005-2012

Study types

  • article 2
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • mesh:D004715 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • adenomyosis 1
other 2012
Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH), a retrospective study of 1,584 cases regarding intra- and perioperative complications
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-011-2170-9

OBJECTIVE: The main interest of this study was to assess the rate of intraoperative and perioperative complications of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) in a teaching hospital. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 1,584 laparo…

article 2009
Quality of the Clinical Diagnosis of Endometriosis
·doi:10.1177/228402650900100107

Background Endometriosis is a benign but chronic disease, often associated with chronic pelvic pain and sterility in reproductive age women. Definite diagnosis of endometriosis requires surgical intervention. In our study we determined the …

article 2007
Relative Expression of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Receptor, Vitamin D 1α-Hydroxylase, Vitamin D 24-Hydroxylase, and Vitamin D 25-Hydroxylase in Endometriosis and Gynecologic Cancers
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719107304565
review 2005
New developments in the use of peptide gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists versus agonists
Expert opinion on investigational drugs ·doi:10.1517/13543784.14.9.1085

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulates the pituitary secretion of both luteinising hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and thus controls the hormonal and reproductive functions of the gonads. The blockade of the e…