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BackgroundPatients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) often have severe and intractable abdominal pain, leading to decreased quality of life (QOL), inability to work or attend school, and increased health care costs due to repeated emergency ro…
AIM: Endothelial reactivity is inhibited and oxidative stress is enhanced in women with endometriosis. Testosterone may adversely affect lipids and endothelium. We investigated the effects of androgenic properties of progestins combined wit…
Endometrial cancer arising from adenomyosis (EC-AIA) is extremely rare, and the typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of EC-AIA have not been established. We report a case of EC-AIA that was detected preoperatively on MRI and co…
This case concerned a 39-year-old woman diagnosed with uterine fibroids. Upon initiation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy, she experienced various neurological deficits but did not seek medical attention because of g…
We report a case of a 48-year-old woman with multiple cerebral infarctions caused by nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE) because of adenomyosis with high serum carbohydrate antigen (CA)125 level. Transesophageal echocardiography (TE…
Exposure to environmental chemicals, such as dioxin, is known to have adverse effects on the homeostasis of gonadal steroids, thereby potentially altering the sexual differentiation of the brain to express autistic traits. Dioxin-like chemi…
ObjectiveEnhanced inflammatory responses which may inhibit vascular reactivity, are associated with endometriosis development. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an inhibitor of endogenous nitric oxide synthase, is also implicated in endot…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the inhibitory effect of danazol on estrogen (E) production in endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective randomized study. SETTING: Academic research unit of the department of obstetrics and gynecology in a university hosp…