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Comparative Study
. 2010 Nov;94(6):2421-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.035. Epub 2010 May 7.

Pregnancy-related fibroid reduction

Shannon K Laughlin  1 , Amy H Herring, David A Savitz, Andrew F Olshan, Julia R Fielding, Katherine E Hartmann, Donna D Baird
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Comparative Study

Pregnancy-related fibroid reduction

Shannon K Laughlin et al. Fertil Steril. 2010 Nov.

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that the protective effect of parity on fibroids is due to direct pregnancy-related effects by following women from early pregnancy to postpartum period with ultrasound. Of 171 women with one initial fibroid, 36% had no identifiable fibroid at the time of postpartum ultrasound, and 79% of the remaining fibroids decreased in size.

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Distribution of initial fibroid size for 171 solitary fibroids, and proportion of each group that were no longer detected on the postpartum ultrasound.
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