title: Pregnancy-related fibroid reduction.
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.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA. laughlin.shannon@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Shannon K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Laughlin
authors.forename: Amy H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Herring
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Savitz
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Olshan
authors.forename: Julia R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Donna D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D047368:Tumor Burden; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*
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