...U. Herrmann, Jr.; P. Degiampietro; E. Peheim; G.W. Locher; C. Bachmann The activities of six enzymes involved in energy metabolism were measured in leiomyoma specimens and in the adjacent normal myometrium from the uterus of 17 patients. In leiomyomas the specific activities of hexokinase, lactate...

...D. de Aloysio; P. Altieri; G. Pretolani; A. Romeo; F. Paltrinieri Thirty-four perimenopausal women with uterine leiomyomas were treated with intramuscular injections of leuprolide acetate depot each 28 days for 6 cycles, and 12 of them after 168 days of no medication underwent a second 6-month...

...S.A. Salama; M. Kamel; G. Christman; H.Q. Wang; H.M. Fouad; A. Al-Hendy Uterine leiomyomas (LM) affect a high percentage of reproductive-age women. They develop as discrete, well-defined tumors that are easily accessible with imaging techniques – making this disease ideal for localized gene therapy...

.... However, information on serum adiponectin levels in gynecological disorders is mostly lacking. In this study, we analyzed the possible correlation between serum adiponectin levels and uterine leiomyomas. Methods: Serum adiponectin levels, determined by radioimmunoassay, were compared in women with uterine...

...R.A. Nowak; S. Mora; T. Diehl; A.R. Rhoades; E.A. Stewart Objective: To test the hypothesis that prolactin (PRL) acts as a mitogenic growth factor for human leiomyoma and myometrial cells. Methods: To test this hypothesis, we performed three different types of experiments. First, we assessed...