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A decrease in circulating levels of immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) after endometrial ablation using a gynecologicresectoscope

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: To determine how endometrium alone would contribute to maintaining the circulating levels of Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in vivo, serum immunoreactive IGFBP-1 levels were measured in 19 patients undergoing endometrial ablation using gynecologic resectoscopy. After endometrial ablation there was a significant decrease in the mean levels of circulating IGFBP-1, which was not correlated with the menstrual cycle. This result indicates that the endometrium is one of the sources of the circulating IGFBP-1.

Source: Yonsei Medical Journal

DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1999.40.5.450

Authors: Ki Hyun Park, Byung Seok Lee, Jeong Yeon Kim, Dong Jae Cho, Chan Ho Song, Sang Joon Lee

Institutions: Yonsei University, Yonsei University Health System

Language: English

Topic: Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $700