Abstract

A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, leuprolide acetate, was administered every 4 weeks for treatment of rectovaginal endometriosis. Degrees of apoptosis (percentage of in situ deoxyribonucleic acid 3′–end-labeled cells) and cell proliferative activity (percentage of cells with immunostaining for proliferating cell protein Ki-67) were examined in endometriotic glands of biopsy specimens taken before and during gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist induced apoptosis and suppressed cell proliferative activity in endometriotic glands. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;181:750-1.)

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