ea0025p117 | Cytokines, growth factors, neuroendocrinology and behaviour | SFEBES2011
Taylor Anthony
, Hawes Michael
, Kalathy Vijay
, Abbas Muna
, Mehasseb Mohamed
, Habiba Marwan
Adenomyosis is an oestrogen-dependent uterine disease where ectopic, non-neoplastic endometrium is histologically observed within the myometrium. Its incidence ranges between 5 and 70% and although presenting symptoms; menorrhagia (4050%), dysmenorrhoea (1030%) and metrorrhagia (1012%) are well known, its aetiopathology remains unclear. The neurotrophin, nerve growth factor (NGF), has been implicated in the aetiopathology of adenomyosis, especially in the tam...