F G Barker

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
review 1998
Human Reproduction Update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/4.5.496

Human non-gravid myometrium differentiates in response to ovarian sex steroids into a subendometrial layer or junctional zone and an outer myometrial layer. Compared to the outer myometrial layer, the junctional zone myocytes are characteri…

review 1998
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(98)00198-5
diagnostic-accuracy 1995
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1995.tb11320.x

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prospectively the role of endovaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of adenomyosis and to identify predictive characteristics. SETTING: In Vitro Fertilisation Unit, Hammersmith Hospital. SUBJECTS: Fifty-six women…

other 1995
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57625-0

OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of myometrial needle biopsies in the diagnosis of adenomyosis uteri in vitro. DESIGN: Eight needle biopsies and 8 corresponding myometrial blocks were taken from 27 hysterectomy speci…

review 1995
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91387-4

The myometrium is usually thought of as a homogeneous mass of smooth muscle fibres. However, magnetic resonance studies of the uterus have revealed two distinct zones--the subendometrial myometrium or junctional zone and the outer myometriu…

other 1993
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/0140-6736(93)90047-k