Human chorionic gonadotropin in cervicovaginal secretions as a predictor of preterm birth.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of glucose intolerance postpartum in women with gestational diabetes (GDM) and assess body weight, cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations after delivery. METHODS:This was a study of an initial cohort of 100 women with GDM who were tested at 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year post...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Saucedo R,Zarate A,Basurto L,Hernandez M,Puello E,Campos S,Moreno E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the signs, symptoms and changes in the vaginal milieu that could be associated with cervical human papillomavirus infection (CHPI). STUDY DESIGN:Women (n = 972) attending for contraceptive advice were tested for human papillomavirus in cervical samples. Results of gynecological history, exami...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Sikström B,Hellberg D,Nilsson S,Kallings I,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the different pull-out-force out of the obturator membrane and the obturator internus muscle of 2 mini-sling systems for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In a prospective study, the pull-out-force measurements were performed on 8 female cadaver pelvises, both on the obt...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Lenz F,Doll S,Sohn C,Brocker KA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of complete hydatidiform mole with twin live fetus (CHMTF) confirmed by histopathology, flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction techniques. No malformations were observed, fetal karyotype was normal and β-human chorionic gonadotropin levels were high (>100,000 IU/ml). The patient was infor...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Sánchez-Ferrer ML,Hernández-Martínez F,Machado-Linde F,Ferri B,Carbonel P,Nieto-Diaz A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of collagen in the human uterine cervix decreases during pregnancy. This change contributes to the ripening process, which facilitates cervical dilatation during labor. It has been suggested that cervical collagen is partly degraded at term and after delivery. In order to evaluate this hypothesis we ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Uldbjerg N,Malmström A,Ekman G,Ulmsten U

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal adenosis is rare, and it is defined as the presence of metaplastic cervical or endometrial epithelium within the vaginal wall. It is associated with in utero exposition to diethylstilbestrol and a high risk of vaginal carcinomas. A case of vaginal adenosis arising in a non-diethylstilbestrol-exposed 6-year-old...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Accetta SG,Rivoire WA,Mônego HI,Vettori DV,De Oliveira Freitas DM,Edelweiss MI,Capp E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with the effects of smoking on serum ceruloplasmin and its ferroxidase activity in pregnant women. The mean value (+/- SD) of serum ceruloplasmin in women smokers during pregnancy is significantly higher (p < 0.01) in comparison to that of nonsmokers, whereas the ferroxidase activity of ceruloplasmin ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Dalamaga AL,Agroyannis B,Vitoratos N,Frangos-Plemenos M,Patsouras K,Kostoglou-Papalamprou M,Zourlas PA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether, in addition to treatment with antibiotics, it is necessary to remove the intrauterine device (IUD) to eliminate genital colonization by Actinomyces. METHODS:A randomized clinical trial was carried out. Patients were divided into two groups. The intervention group did not have their IUDs...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Bonacho I,Pita S,Gómez-Besteiro MI

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin-like immunoreactive substance (DLIS) has been proposed to have a role in what seems to be the timely onset of labor. The relationship between the DLIS in patients with preterm labor and the success of tocolytic therapy with ritodrine and nifedipine has been studied. Using a commercially available radioimmunoas...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Yapar EG,Ayhan A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To determine whether genetic alterations in the CD9 gene are associated with female infertility in humans. METHODS:We sequenced the entire coding region of this gene in 86 Japanese women with unexplained infertility and further conducted a case-control study of six tagging single nucleotide polymorphis...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Nishiyama S,Kishi T,Kato T,Suzuki M,Nishizawa H,Pryor-Koishi K,Sawada T,Nishiyama Y,Iwata N,Udagawa Y,Kurahashi H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of the tissue concentrations of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in human endometrium shows that the levels of the nucleotide vary during the menstrual cycle, being 11.4 +/- (SE) 2.5 and 37.7 +/- (SE) 10.1 pmol/mg protein in the proliferative and secretory phase, respectively. The individual deter...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Pansini F,Bergamini CM,Bettocchi S Jr,Malfaccini M,Santoiemma M,Scoppetta V,Bagni B,Mollica G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript discusses the diagnosis and imaging of adenomyotic disease of the retroperitoneal space, a pathology that we have defined as retroperitoneal adenomyotic disease (RAD). By prospective analysis, comparing barium enema, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and transrectal ultrasonography, we distinguished thr...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Squifflet J,Feger C,Donnez J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of caffeine ingestion during pregnancy. A total number of 9,921 healthy pregnant women with a gestational age after 24 weeks were subjected to the study. The women who drank more than 5 cups of coffee per day had a high incidence of impending abortion, premature labor, and fetuses small for gest...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Furuhashi N,Sato S,Suzuki M,Hiruta M,Tanaka M,Takahashi T

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of bacteriological, histological and immunofluorescence methods, the ascending spread of endocervically inoculated bacteria was studied in 14 pregnant sheep. 8 ewes near term were exposed to group B streptococci, Bacteroides fragilis or Streptococcus intermedius for 2-4 days. 6 other animals in mid pregnancy ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Evaldson G,Malmborg AS,Nord CE,Ostensson K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study aiming to determine the factors affecting sexual life in pregnant women. The study was carried out in 238 women in Malatya, Turkey. It was found that 61.4% regarded coitus as a risk during pregnancy, 31.9% did not have any knowledge about this matter. In 81.5% sexual lif...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Eryilmaz G,Ege E,Zincir H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate both the incidence of c-myc gene mutation and the relationship of this finding to the clinico-pathologic characteristics of patients with cervical cancer, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based heteroduplex gel electrophoresis method was used to screen DNA extracted from 102 cervical invasive carcinomas r...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Wong YF,Rogers MS,Cheung TH,Yim SF,Chang AM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:25 singleton pregnancies were terminated by cesarean section between 28 and 33 weeks of gestation because of suspected growth retardation and abnormal unstressed cardiotocograms. Only infants with birth weights below the tenth centile were considered. 17 survived and were neurologically examined at 2.5-7 years of age....

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Huisjes HJ,Baarsma R,Hadders-Algra M,Touwen BC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a diminished intrapartum amniotic fluid volume represents a risk of adverse neonatal outcome when it occurs in conjunction with prolonged labor. METHODS:The intrapartum amniotic fluid index (iAFI) was measured in 242 parturients over 35 weeks of gestation during 1st-stage labor, and the ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kawasaki N,Nishimura H,Yoshimura T,Okamura H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assessment of the contraceptive effectiveness of pure estradiol pellets implanted annually under the skin, thus avoiding the 'first passage phenomenon' through the liver, using a modification of Emperaire and Greenblatt's method. STUDY DESIGN:228 women wishing birth control for 1 year or more were included....

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Oettinger M,Barak S,Oettinger-Barak O,Ophira E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of the type 2 carbohydrate chain accompanying the development of endometrial cancer, we studied the expression of beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta-1,4GT) in normal endometrial and endometrial cancer tissues. An immunohistochemical study revealed that beta-1,4GT was diffusely positive in ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kubushiro K,Ma J,Fukuchi T,Banno K,Muramatsu Y,Tsukazaki K,Nozawa S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the placental clearance of lactate and bicarbonate in sheep, the fetal side of an isolated cotyledon and the umbilical circulation of the total placenta were artificially perfused. The release and uptake of lactate and bicarbonate by the perfusion fluid and the fetomaternal concentration differences of th...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kastendieck E,Künzel W,Kurz CS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the clinical application of the new Hologic quantitative foetal fibronectin (qfFN) bedside test for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) in patients with symptoms suggestive of spontaneous threatened preterm labour (sPTL). METHODS:A prospective observational study with 154 pregnant women ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Radford SK,Da Silva Costa F,Araujo Júnior E,Sheehan PM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The study aimed to evaluate molecular changes related to trophoblast adhesion in placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 10 PAS cases in which both the trophoblast adherent site and the non-adherent site were identified was performed in April 2010 and March 2013. ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Matsukawa S,Sumigama S,Kotani T,Wang J,Miki R,Moriyama Y,Nakano T,Mano Y,Tsuda H,Tamakoshi K,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relation between birth weight and perinatal mortality in multifetal pregnancies, which is more than 5 times higher than for singleton infants. METHODS:We assessed the incidence of perinatal deaths based on birth weight in 89,566 infants of multifetal pregnancies and 6,025,199 infants of si...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Minakami H,Sato I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have supported an association between tobacco smoking and cervical neoplasia. Our observations show an association between smoking and a reduction of the numerical densities of Langerhans cells and of helper/inducer T lymphocytes in the squamous epithelia of the transformation zone of the uterine cerv...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Poppe WA,Ide PS,Drijkoningen MP,Lauweryns JM,Van Assche FA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：HYPOTHESIS:The new hysteroscopic system with mechanical energy is an effective outpatient technique for diagnosis and treatment that has certain advantages over conventional hysteroscopy in the management of endometrial polyps. OBJECTIVES:Our primary objective was to assess the total duration of hysteroscopy and polyp...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Rovira Pampalona J,Degollada Bastos M,Mancebo Moreno G,Ratia Garcia E,Buron Pust A,Mateu Pruñonosa JC,Guerra Garcia A,Carreras Collado R,Bresco Torras P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case in whom a small congenital hernia of the umbilical cord and associated patent omphalomesenteric duct were diagnosed at midtrimester ultrasonography. The diagnosis was confirmed following delivery, and neonatal corrective surgery was performed. We compare prenatal ultrasound findings of umbil...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Sherer DM,Dar P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study is aimed at comparing the early diagnostic accuracy of maternal blood white blood cell (WBC) count, C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin in predicting early onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) among early preterm premature rupture of membrane (PPROM) pregnancies. METHODS:A total of 57 consecutive ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Cetin O,Aydın ZD,Verit FF,Zebitay AG,Karaman E,Elasan S,Turfan M,Yucel O

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:To evaluate patient satisfaction after laparoscopic supracervical (LASH) or total hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS:Retrospective study of patient satisfaction after LASH or TLH. RESULTS:We studied 40 cases of LASH and another 40 of TLH. The age of the patients, marital status, education level and employmen...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kafy S,Al-Sannan B,Kabli N,Tulandi T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the fetal circulatory responses to maternal blood loss in pregnant women during the third trimester. Seven healthy women with placenta previa and singleton pregnancies underwent phlebotomies in an autologous donation program. Four hundred milliliters of blood was collected within 15 min at 34 and 35 weeks ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Suzuki S,Tateoka S,Yagi S,Ishikawa G,Ohshita T,Sawa R,Yoneyama Y,Asakura H,Araki T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00