Are the histological and ultrastructural features of endometrial carcinomas reliable indicators of their steroid receptor content?

abstract：:Acute intermittent porphyria is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by acute attacks of neuropsychiatric and neurovisceral dysfunction. In pregnancy, exacerbation of attacks in the form of seizures and acute abdomen occur due to hormonal changes. We report the case of a young woman presenting at 8 weeks of...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Sahu MT,Rajaram S,Saxena AK,Goel N,Ghumman S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasoactive effect of serotonin was investigated by in vitro perfusion in human umbilical arteries in which antenatal Doppler ultrasound examination revealed abnormal velocity waveforms. The results were compared to those obtained in preparations from normotensive uncomplicated term pregnancies as well as from pret...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Haugen G,Rognerud H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue of human ovarian capsule with polycystic ovarian disease (PCO) is analyzed. The connective tissue components of the capsule were found to mainly consist of type I collagen and acid glycosaminoglycans, such as dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, and chondroitin 4- and 6-sulfate. Although their concentr...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Mori Y,Hasumi F,Ito A,Shiina K,Hirakawa S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Previous studies on the effects of estrogen on sclerostin regulation were conducted in postmenopausal women in humans or animals following estrogen treatment or induced estrogen deficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of sex hormones on serum sclerostin levels in premenopausal wome...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Cidem M,Usta TA,Karacan I,Kucuk SH,Uludag M,Gun K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the ability of lactobacilli to persist in the genital area (vagina and labia) of women after the topical application of an ointment containing Lactobacillus gasseri LN40, L. fermentum LN99 and L. rhamnosus LN113. Secondary objectives were to study the presence of Escherichia coli and other contaminan...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kwak YK,Daroczy K,Colque P,Kühn I,Möllby R,Kopp Kallner H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a sex steroids-dependent disease. It has been postulated that certain genetic polymorphisms involved in sex steroids biosynthesis and metabolisms may be associated with increased risk of developing endometriosis. Despite a deluge of reports of positive associations of endometriosis with numerous polym...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Guo SW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expression of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) has been detected in activated fibroblasts participating in injury response, fibrotic and inflammatory conditions, and tumorigenesis. Human endometrium is equally characterized by rapid tissue remodeling events due to the reproductive tasks comprising the a...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Segerer SE,Bartmann C,Schwab M,Kämmerer U

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:As part of a gynecological-andrological cooperation programme for the treatment of infertile marriages made by the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Urology, University of Vienna Medical School, the pregnancy rates achieved through 1,269 homologous inseminations of pathological ejaculat...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Maier U,Grünberger W,Binstorfer E,Lunglmayr G

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uteroplacental blood flow was measured in 12 women with hypertension during pregnancy before and after intravenous injection of dihydralazine. After intravenous administration of 18.5 MBq (0.5 mCi) 113mIn, the gamma radiation emanating from the placenta was recorded with a computer-linked gamma camera during 10-se...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Lunell NO,Lewander R,Nylund L,Sarby B,Thornström S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To document progress with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine introduction in three closely related European countries, one with organized (the Netherlands) and two with opportunistic cervical cancer screening (Belgium and Luxembourg). METHODS:Experts involved in cervical cancer screening and national immunization...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Arbyn M,Simoens C,Van Damme P,Scharpantgen A,Meijer CJ,Beutels P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Adenomyosis is a common condition with a poorly understood pathogenesis. Recent data suggest that it may be an epigenetic disease. This study investigated the expression and localization of class I histone deacetylases (HDACs) in women with and without adenomyosis. METHODS:The ectopic and homologous eu...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Liu X,Nie J,Guo SW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the opinions of health professionals working in family planning clinics in Italy and Sweden. The comparison of two such different countries seemed of interest both to describe differences and/or similarities between the samples as well as to analyze factors that could in...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Agostino MB,De Marinis MG,Wahlberg V

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of this study was to determine whether the maternal surface of the placenta is fractal, and whether the mean fractal dimension differs according to the gestational age and clinically or pathologically different conditions. METHODS:Using digitized images of the maternal surface of 75 placentas, fract...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Shiba M,Kikuchi A,Hara K,Sunagawa S,Yoshida S,Takagi K,Ogiso Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty postmenopausal women were randomly assigned to three types of treatment with intranasal salmon calcitonin (SCT) plus calcium 500 mg daily (group A: 100 IU daily of SCT; group B: 100 IU daily of SCT for alternate cycles of 2 months with a 1-month interval; group C: 100 IU daily of SCT for alternate cycles of 3 mo...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Perrone G,Galoppi P,Valente M,Capri O,D'Ubaldo C,Anelli G,Zichella L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish leukocyte count and differential percentiles in healthy singleton term laboring women during spontaneous normal vaginal labor following an uncomplicated pregnancy. METHODS:An analysis of the records of all women (n = 762) who delivered at our delivery ward during a 2-month period was performed. After...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Lurie S,Weiner E,Golan A,Sadan O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an extremely rare case of a 50-year-old woman with an adenocarcinoma arising within a urethral diverticulum. She could not be diagnosed correctly before operation and the microscopic pathological examination of the surgical specimen was the only indication showing the cancer origin. ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Nakamura Y,Takahashi M,Suga A,Naito K,Kato H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aromatase inhibitor was identified in human follicular fluid. We sought to examine the effects of this inhibitor on granulosa cells, theca cells, a mixture of granulosa and theca cells, and follicles. Granulosa cells, theca cells, the mixture of granulosa and theca cells, and follicles were incubated with [3H]-thym...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Ono T,Komiya Y,Kawagoe SN,Hiroi M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new scoring system for intrauterine adhesions (IUA) that may predict the prognosis after hysteroscopic adhesiolysis. We analyzed hysteroscopic findings and clinical data of patients diagnosed as having IUA by reviewing previously published hysteroscopic classifications of IUA. The data were subjected to e...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Nasr AL,Al-Inany HG,Thabet SM,Aboulghar M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian lipid cell tumors are rare and can be difficult to localize by conventional means. We report a postmenopausal patient where rapid progression of symptoms and very high sebum levels suggested the presence of such a tumor which could not be visualized by computed tomography or ultrasound. Localization was accomp...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Younis JS,Bercovici B,Zlotogorski A,Horne T,Glaser B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pituitary endocrine function in 4 anencephalic infants was studied by measuring the concentrations of growth hormone, prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in umbilical venous serum. There was no significant difference in hormone levels betwee...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Furuhashi N,Suzuki M,Fukaya T,Kono H,Tachibana Y,Shinkawa O

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scanning electron microscopy by virtue of its high resolution topographic reproduction of epithelial surfaces lining the female genital tract, provides unique information toward understanding the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system. The human Fallopian ectopic pregnancy is an urgent gynecologi...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Samberg I,Degani S,Zilberman A,Eibschitz I,Nir I,Scharf M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in order to investigate the usefulness of granulocyte elastase levels as predictive factors in the onset of perinatal infections. The subjects were 41 patients who delivered within 48 h after amniocentesis after giving their informed consent. The relationship between cervical granulocyte elast...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Matsuda Y,Maruyama H,Kuraya K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four perimenopausal women with uterine leiomyomas were treated with intramuscular injections of leuprolide acetate depot each 28 days for 6 cycles, and 12 of them after 168 days of no medication underwent a second 6-month therapy cycle. At the end of the observation period the expected improvement during treatm...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： de Aloysio D,Altieri P,Pretolani G,Romeo A,Paltrinieri F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to determine whether intrauterine sonography with high-frequency, real-time miniature transducer (20 MHz) is useful for the diagnosis of gynecologic disorders. The study consisted of 37 women: 8 normal volunteers, 2 with molar pregnancy, 4 fibromyoma, 4 endometrial polyp, 1 intrauterine adhesion, 1 sep...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Senoh D,Yanagihara T,Hata T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 8 fetal sheep under anesthesia, we examined the relationship between the fetal aorta blood flow velocity waveform and fetal mean arterial pressure after administration of norepinephrine and angiotensin II. It was hypothesized that the pulsatility index (PI) of the waveform would change during fetal hypertension. Me...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Muijsers GJ,van Huisseling H,Hasaart TH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic factors may play a role in male infertility. METHODS:In a prospective case-control study, we assessed the allele and genotype frequencies of the TNFalpha -308 C-->T and -863 C-->A polymorphisms, detected by PCR of sperm DNA, of 577 Caucasian men recruited in an infertility clinic. Semen sampling was...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kurz C,Bentz EK,Denschlag D,Berner I,Keck C,Tempfer CB,Pietrowski D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in fetal carotid arterial plasma levels of endothelin-1, catecholamines, PO2, PCO2 and pH were measured after intermittent repetitive umbilical cord occlusion in late gestation pregnant goats (n = 9). Endothelin-1 levels increased to 3.58 +/- 0.28 pg/ml immediately after the onset of fetal hypoxia, a level...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Takada H,Yoneyama Y,Power GG,Araki T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study's objective was to determine if using human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) as a timing method for intrauterine insemination (IUI) in patients who make mature follicles but have cervical factor problems has a negative effect on pregnancy rates (PRs) (possibly by releasing an immature oocyte), or increases the r...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Check JH,Peymer M,Zaccardo M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00