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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
This mini-review summarizes some aspects of hemostatic defects, with particular reference to endometrial bleeding, both the normal menstruation and some bleeding disorders of the uterus. Two cell types are of particularly great interest in the hemostatic mechanism, viz. the platelet and the vascular endothelial cell. We will therefore start with a brief survey of the roles of platelets and vascular endothelium in hemostasis, and the underlying biochemical events will be discussed, particularly the participation of the arachidonate metabolites: the prostaglandins, the thromboxanes and the leukotrienes. This section is then followed by a brief description of some histological findings in the menstruating endometrium; the normal as well as the pathologically bleeding tissue. The possible roles of arachidonate metabolites in these events will be discussed. Several clinical studies have been published, in which various attempts have been made to treat excessive endometrial bleeding with inhibitors of prostaglandin biosynthesis. The findings in these studies are described. The relevance of this approach and its possible effects on other areas of arachidonic acid metabolism will be discussed. Finally, some studies will be summarized in which various attempts have been made to quantitate and endometrial prostaglandins in different physiological and pathological conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Arachidonic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Arachidonic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Aspirin, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Endometrium, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Endothelium, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Epoprostenol, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Female, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Fibrin, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Hemostasis, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Intrauterine Devices, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Menstruation, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Thromboxane A2, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Uterine Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:6407272-Uterus
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
The possible roles of prostaglandins and related compounds in endometrial bleeding. A mini-review.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't