Publisher's Synopsis
A study of the biology of the endometrium versus endometriosis. The papers are taken from the Second Japan Conference on Endometriosis and cover topics such as paracrine regulation of matrix metalloproteinase expression in the normal human endometrium, angiogenesis in endometriosis and angiogenic factors, the expression of aromatase cytochrome P450 in eutopic endometrium and its application as a diagnostic test for endometriosis, endometriosis and free radicals, and environmental toxins in the pathophysiology of endometriosis.