A decrease in circulating levels of immunoreactive insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) after endometrial ablation using a gynecologicresectoscope.
10.3349/ymj.1999.40.5.450
- Author:
Ki Hyun PARK
1
;
Byung Seok LEE
;
Jeong Yeon KIM
;
Dong Jae CHO
;
Chan Ho SONG
;
Sang Joon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jny6693@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1;
endometrial ablation
- MeSH:
Adult;
Endometrium/surgery*;
Endoscopes;
Female;
Human;
Insulin-Like Growth-Factor Binding Protein 1/blood*;
Menstruation;
Middle Age
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1999;40(5):450-453
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
