title: Proceedings from theNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development conference on the Uterine Fibroid Research Update Workshop.
abstract: The purpose of the National Institutes of Health conference Fibroid Research Workshop in September 2007 was to bring Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-funded fibroid investigators together to discuss basic science and clinical research advances on uterine leiomyomata. General topics included advances in epidemiology, etiology, therapeutic approaches, and clinical trial challenges; suggestions for advancement of basic understanding, clinical intervention, clinical trials, and future directions were highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA. catheriw@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Catherino
authors.forename: Estella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parrott
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segars
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy