Assessment of progestin-only therapy for endometriosis in macaque

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 52-55

  Maginnis, Gwen ^a   Wilk, J ^a   Carroll, R ^a   Slayden, O D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Progesterone; Progestin; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; SILASTIC;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL MASS; APPETITE; ASPIRATION; ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; MENSTRUATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MONKEY DISEASES; PROGESTERONE;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 39049151125     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2007.00262.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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