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Journal of Third Military Medical University
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(24)1983.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-549434
ABSTRACT
This study was designed to evaluate the effect of estrogen to the growth of leiomyoma and the mechanism of testosterone propionate action on leiomy-oma.The levels of estrogen receptor in uterine tissud and those of estradiol and progesterone in uterine tissue and plasma were determined in 47 women with leiomyoma.The levels of estrogen receptor and estradiol in leiomyomatous tissues were 37.6?4.0 fmol/mg protein and 401.7?92.6 pg/g tissue,respectively.Both of them were higher than the corresponding levels in normal uterine tissues (P