 Leiomyoma
"Leiomyoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D007889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.590.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Leiomyoma- Leiomyoma
- Leiomyomas
- Fibroid Tumor
- Fibroid Tumors
- Tumor, Fibroid
- Tumors, Fibroid
- Fibromyoma
- Fibromyomas
- Fibroid
- Fibroids
Fibroid Uterus- Fibroid Uterus
- Uterus, Fibroid
- Fibroma, Uterine
- Fibromas, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroma
- Uterine Fibromas
- Fibroids, Uterine
- Fibroid, Uterine
- Uterine Fibroid
- Uterine Fibroids
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leiomyoma" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2015 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2016 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2017 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2018 | 14 | 1 | 15 | | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2020 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leiomyoma" by people in Profiles.
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Simon JA, Al-Hendy A, Archer DF, Barnhart KT, Bradley LD, Carr BR, Dayspring T, Feinberg EC, Gillispie V, Hurtado S, Kim J, Liu R, Owens CD, Muneyyirci-Delale O, Wang A, Watts NB, Schlaff WD. Elagolix Treatment for Up to 12 Months in Women With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Uterine Leiomyomas. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 06; 135(6):1313-1326.
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Small B, Millard CEF, Kisanga EP, Burman A, Anam A, Flannery C, Al-Hendy A, Whirledge S. The Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulator Ulipristal Acetate Inhibits the Activity of the Glucocorticoid Receptor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 03 01; 105(3).
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Ulin M, Ali M, Chaudhry ZT, Al-Hendy A, Yang Q. Uterine fibroids in menopause and perimenopause. Menopause. 2020 02; 27(2):238-242.
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Schlaff WD, Ackerman RT, Al-Hendy A, Archer DF, Barnhart KT, Bradley LD, Carr BR, Feinberg EC, Hurtado SM, Kim J, Liu R, Mabey RG, Owens CD, Poindexter A, Puscheck EE, Rodriguez-Ginorio H, Simon JA, Soliman AM, Stewart EA, Watts NB, Muneyyirci-Delale O. Elagolix for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Women with Uterine Fibroids. N Engl J Med. 2020 01 23; 382(4):328-340.
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Takala H, Al-Hendy A, Yang Q. Neurotrimin: a novel neural cell adhesion molecule correlating with uterine fibroid phenotype. Fertil Steril. 2020 01; 113(1):83-84.
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Ali M, Prince L, Al-Hendy A. Vitamin D and uterine fibroids: preclinical evidence is in; time for an overdue clinical study! Fertil Steril. 2020 01; 113(1):89-90.
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Parilla M, Alikhan M, Al-Kawaaz M, Patil S, Kadri S, Ritterhouse LL, Segal J, Fitzpatrick C, Antic T. Genetic Underpinnings of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Leiomyomatous Stroma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 08; 43(8):1135-1144.
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Omar M, Laknaur A, Al-Hendy A, Yang Q. Myometrial progesterone hyper-responsiveness associated with increased risk of human uterine fibroids. BMC Womens Health. 2019 07 09; 19(1):92.
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Cao T, Jiang Y, Wang Z, Zhang N, Al-Hendy A, Mamillapalli R, Kallen AN, Kodaman P, Taylor HS, Li D, Huang Y. H19 lncRNA identified as a master regulator of genes that drive uterine leiomyomas. Oncogene. 2019 07; 38(27):5356-5366.
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Ulin M, Al-Hendy A, Yang Q. Targeting the transforming growth factor-ß pathway: a novel mechanism of ulipristal acetate action against uterine fibroids. Fertil Steril. 2019 04; 111(4):683-684.
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