title: Steroid hormones and leiomyomas.
abstract: The sex steroid hormones play an important role in myoma maintenance and growth as evidenced by clinical, molecular, biological, and pharmacological models. It is hoped that the next phase of research will elucidate better the mechanisms through which these hormones modulate myoma growth and how they interact with the as yet unidentified other factors that play a role in myoma development and growth.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, 303 East Superior Street, 4-123, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Erica E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Serdar E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bulun
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones