Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 322-326 , August 2004

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist inhibits estrone sulfatase expression of cystic endometriosis in the ovary

  • Kazuhiro Maitoko, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Sasaki, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Hiroshi Sasaki, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461 Japan (FAX: 81-3-3433-1219).

Received 15 August 2003 ,Revised 18 December 2003 ,Accepted 18 December 2003.

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☆ Supported by Takeda Science Foundation, Japan.

PII: S0015-0282(04)00725-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.12.044

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 322-326 , August 2004

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