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. 2019 Apr-Jun;15(2):276-281.
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2019.276.

HORMONAL THERAPY IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS: AN UPDATE

A A Gheorghisan-Galateanu  1   2 , M L Gheorghiu  3   2
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HORMONAL THERAPY IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS: AN UPDATE

A A Gheorghisan-Galateanu et al. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar). 2019 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Medical therapy of endometriosis is under continuous reevaluation. Hereby we updated the drugs currently available or under investigation for the hormonal treatment of endometriosis.

Keywords: Aromatase inhibitors; Combined hormonal contraceptives; Endometriosis; Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist; Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists; Progestogens/ Progestins; Selective progesterone or estrogen receptor modulators.

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