Open AccessHigher Fibrinolytic Activity in Human Endometrium in Direct Contact with an Iud
Author(s) -
Liedholm Percy,
Srivastava Kartar,
Wingerup Lars,
Astedt Birger
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348309155785
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrinolysis , endometrium , endometrial biopsy , biopsy , hemostasis , gynecology , surgery
. From 18 apparently healthy women wearing a copper‐IUD, endometrial biopsy specimens were obtained under hysteroscopic control, both from the site of the IUD and from a distant area. The fibrinolytic activity proved significantly higher in the former specimens than in the latter. The results provide a theoretical basis for the development of an IUD which releases a synthetic inhibitor of fibrinoly‐sis.