Effect of French maritime pine bark extract on endometriosis as compared with leuprorelin acetate

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 703-708

  Kohama, Takafumi ^a   Herai, Kotaro ^a   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; French maritime pine bark extract; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; LEUPRORELIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; TIME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449120141     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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