Human Reproduction vol.12 no.6 pp.1275–1279, 1997 Risk factors for adenomyosis

Pier Giorgio Crosignani1 history of dilatation and currettage have been associated with the risk of the conditions (Vercellini et al., 1995).1Centro Medicina della Riproduzione, I Clinica Ostetrico In order to reanalyse the role of these factors, in this paperGinecologica Universita ̀ di Milano, via Commenda 12, 20122 we present the results of a cross-sectional study on risk factorsMilano, and 2Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, via Eritrea, 62-20157 Milano, Italy for adenomyosis conducted on more than 700 women who underwent hysterectomy at the Clinica Mangiagalli of Milan,3To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Northern Italy. An analysis of epidemiological determinantsIstituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, via Eritrea, 62-20157 Milano, Italy of risk of adenomyosis may be useful in suggesting an aetiological hypothesis for adenomyosis, a condition potentiallyIn order to analyse risk factors for adenomyosis, 707 associated with pelvic pain and subfertility. consecutive women who underwent hysterectomy