Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1919-1925, May 2009

Vitamin D inhibits myometrial and leiomyoma cell proliferation in vitro

  • Merja Bläuer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Päivi H. Rovio, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Päivi H. Rovio, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, FI-33521, Tampere, Finland (FAX: +358 3 311 64360).
    • ,
  • Timo Ylikomi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Pentti K. Heinonen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Received 6 November 2007; received in revised form 20 February 2008; accepted 20 February 2008. published online 18 April 2008.

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 M.B. has nothing to disclose. P.H.R. has nothing to disclose. T.Y. has nothing to disclose. P.K.H. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by grants from competitive research funding of the Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, and TEKES Drug 2000, Finland.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00500-1

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.136

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1919-1925, May 2009

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