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Second NIH Expert Panel on Development of a Uterine Fibroid Classification System

February 18-20, 2008

Sponsor(s): Division of Intramural Research (DIR), NICHD; Office of Research on Women’s Health, Office of the NIH Director; American Society for Reproductive Medicine; and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Location: Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus
Purpose: This panel brings investigators from academia, government, and pharmaceutical industry from the United States and international communities together to frame a possible classification system that will address the current absence of a standard system in the basic, clinical, and translational research on uterine fibroid disease.

Contact:
Dr. James Segars, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, DIR, NICHD
Tel: (301) 496-5800
Fax: (301) 402-0884
E-mail: segarsj@mail.nih.gov