| Literature DB >> 15172176 |
Mei-Ling Yeh1, Hsing-Hsia Chen, Edmund C So, Chi-Feng Liu.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether the symptoms of dysmenorrhea in young women were related to serum malondialdehyde (MDA) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels. Ninety-four non-smoking and non-drinking female subjects without serious disease from a nursing college in Taiwan were divided into two groups. Group 1 consisted of 51 subjects without dysmenorrheal, and Group 2 of 43 subjects with dysmenorrheal symptom. All subjects were provided informed consent. Results showed that the serum levels of MDA and of IL-6 were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.05) and (P < 0.005), respectively. We conclude that the pathological mechanism of dysmenorrhea is mediated by oxidative stress caused by the action of cytokine. Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15172176 DOI： 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.11.034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Life Sci ISSN： 0024-3205 Impact factor: 5.037