Stephen Franks

ORCID: 0000-0002-3712-0335 · 8 papers in corpus · active 1987-2022

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • endometriosis 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
other 2022
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14382

INTRODUCTION: This population-based follow-up study investigated the comorbidities, medication use, and healthcare services among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at age 46 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study population deriv…

article 1992
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1992.tb13787.x

OBJECTIVE: To compare the activity of calcium independent phospholipase A2 in the endometrium of women with polycystic ovaries and in women with normal ovaries, and to investigate the influence of chronic pelvic pain on phospholipase A2 act…

article 1991
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb13426.x

The activity of phospholipase A2 types 1 and 2 and phospholipase C was measured in the endometrium of women with ovulatory menorrhagia and in those with normal menstrual blood loss. In both groups of subjects phospholipase A2 type 1 activit…

article 1990
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb02544.x

In a group of 55 women with chronic pain due to pelvic congestion measurement by ultrasound revealed they had a larger uterus and thicker endometrium as compared with a group of normal women matched for age, parity and the presence of polyc…

article 1989
·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03190.x

The value of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and of psychotherapy in the treatment of lower abdominal pain due to pelvic congestion was assessed in a randomized controlled trial. Eighty-four women with abnormal pelvic venography were assi…

article 1988
·doi:10.3109/09513598809023621

The activity of 2 phospholipase A2 enzymes, PLA2(i) and PLA2(ii) was measured in endometrium in women with regular menstrual cycles without evidence of pathology and in those complaining of menstrual disturbances. There was a significant 4-…

article 1987
·doi:10.1016/0022-4731(87)90190-7
article 1987
·doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb01157.x

Phospholipase C activity was measured in human endometrium using an assay based on the release of total labelled water soluble products (inositol, inositol phosphates) from L-3-phosphatidyl-[2-3H] inositol. The enzyme was shown to be calciu…