DOI: 10.1055/s-00000072

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Issue 06 · Volume 35 · November 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-35192 Fibroids Guest Editors, James H. Segars, MD and Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD

Introduction

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Legro, Richard S.: James H. Segars, MD and Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD

Preface

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Segars, James H.; Al-Hendy, Ayman: Uterine Leiomyoma: New Perspectives on an Old Disease

Review Article

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Al-Hendy, Ayman; Myers, Evan Robert; Stewart, Elizabeth: Uterine Fibroids: Burden and Unmet Medical Need
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Elkafas, Hoda; Qiwei, Yang; Al-Hendy, Ayman: Origin of Uterine Fibroids: Conversion of Myometrial Stem Cells to Tumor-Initiating Cells
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Rafique, Saima; Segars, James H.; Leppert, Phyllis C.: Mechanical Signaling and Extracellular Matrix in Uterine Fibroids
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El Andaloussi, Abdeljabar; Chaudhry, Zuni; Al-Hendy, Ayman; Ismail, Nahed: Uterine Fibroids: Bridging Genomic Defects and Chronic Inflammation
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Protic, Olga; Islam, Md Soriful; Greco, Stefania; Giannubilo, Stefano Raffaele; Lamanna, Pasquale; Petraglia, Felice; Ciavattini, Andrea; Castellucci, Mario; Hinz, Boris; Ciarmela, Pasquapina: Activin A in Inflammation, Tissue Repair, and Fibrosis: Possible Role as Inflammatory and Fibrotic Mediator of Uterine Fibroid Development and Growth
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Chwalisz, Kristof; Taylor, Hugh: Current and Emerging Medical Treatments for Uterine Fibroids
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Whynott, Rachel M.; Vaught, Kamaria C. Cayton; Segars, James H.: The Effect of Uterine Fibroids on Infertility: A Systematic Review
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Wu, Harold Y.; Wang, Karen C.: Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Surgical Management of Fibroids
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Fritton, Kate; Borahay, Mostafa A.: New and Emerging Therapies for Uterine Fibroids
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Marsh, Erica E.; Chibber, Shani; Saad, Wael: Patient-Centered Care and Uterine Fibroids