M R Laufer
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· 12 papers in corpus
case-report
2021
BACKGROUND: Vaginal bleeding in the prepubertal child has several etiologies, including structural anomalies, endocrinologic dysfunction, infection, trauma, foreign body, and hematologic disorders. CASE: An 8-year-old premenarcheal girl pr…
lab-animal
2017
BACKGROUND: Modeling early endometrial differentiation is a crucial step towards understanding the divergent pathways between normal and ectopic endometrial development as seen in endometriosis. METHODS: To investigate these pathways, mous…
observational
2011
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of norethindrone acetate (NA) as single-agent hormonal therapy for suppression of endometriosis symptoms in adolescents and young adults. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Two…
observational
2009
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of combined surgical-medical treatment on endometriosis progression in adolescents as measured by disease stage. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Two academic medical centers. PARTICIPA…
review
1999
OBJECTIVE: To review the incidence and diagnosis of endometriosis in adolescents and to evaluate the surgical and medical treatment options for this special population. STUDY DESIGN: Literature research. RESULTS: Endometriosis is the most…
review
1999
Obstructive anomalies of the female reproductive tract preclude the outflow of menstruation and may allow the collection of blood in the uterus and/or vagina and increase the likelihood of retrograde flow. These conditions occur in young wo…
review
1999
Pelvic pain is a common symptom in the adolescent female. Acute pain may represent a life-threatening situation and torsion, ectopic pregnancy, and PID must be considered. For the young patient who presents with chronic pelvic pain, a multi…
review
1998
OBJECTIVE: To review the impact of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-as) on bone mass in adolescents and options for GnRH-a with "add-back" for long-term therapy for adolescents with endometriosis not responding to conventional …
other
1998
OBJECTIVE: To define the clinical presentation and follow-up of women found to have endosalpingiosis. METHODS: Subjects included for retrospective study were identified as having had a pathologic diagnosis of endosalpingiosis. Those subjec…
review
1998
Pelvic pain is common in adolescents and can result from a number of physiological and pathological etiologies, both gynecologic and nongynecologic in origin. The evaluation, diagnosis, and management of these conditions involve both medica…
other
1997
OBJECTIVE: To describe a new technique for improvement of visualization and identification of clear vesicles of endometriosis. DESIGN: A new descriptive technique. SETTING: Tertiary care center. PATIENT(S): Adolescent and adult women wit…
observational
1997
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate adolescent girls with chronic pelvic pain not responding to conventional medical therapy, using advances in operative laparoscopy to determine endometriosis prevalence, clinical stage, and type of lesion. DESIG…