abstract：:Plasma amino acid analyses on 27 amino acids in serial samples from 15 pregnancies in 14 patients are reported. Variations of amino acid levels with gestational age are reported both for absolute amino acid levels and for levels normalized to total amino acids, with a t test used to determine which amino acids vary si...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schoengold DM,deFiore RH,Parlett RC

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty-three patients with pelvic endometriosis met the study criteria of inferility, tissue diagnosis, treatment with conservative surgery, and adequate follow-up. The extent of disease was classified according to Acosta and and associates. Pregnancy rates were 10 to 100% in various subclassifications ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schenken RS,Malinak LR

更新日期：1978-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancervicovaginal (Papanicolaou) smears exhibiting pseudomycilial-like clumps of organisms obtained from 35 women employing IUD's were studied by direct immunofluorescent technique for identification of A. israelii and A. naeslundi. In every case the specific fluorescence was achieved with species-specific antiserum a...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spence MR,Gupta PK,Frost JK,King TM

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein showing strong antigenic cross-reactivity with the "pregnancy-specific" beta1-glycoprotein (PSbetaG) was demonstrated in serum of pregnant women during the second and third trimesters, but not in sera from normal men and nonpregnant women. The described protein had alpha2-electrophoretic mobility and its mol...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Teisner B,Westergaard JG,Folkersen J,Husby S,Svehag SE

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma prolactin (hPRL) concentration was measured in four nursing mothers during 24 hour periods. Blood was collected via indwelling catheters and sleep and nursing periods were recorded. Elevated hRPL levels and amenorrhea were seen for as long as 13 months post partum in mothers whose infants nursed frequently. One...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bunner DL,VAnderlaan EF,VAnderlaan WP

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the medical records of 103 women with Crohn's disease points up the following observations. There is a slight increase in spontaneous abortions and a substantial degree of subfertility. The obstetric experience is the same as in the normal obstetric population and the effects of the disease on pregnancy...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Donaldson LB

更新日期：1978-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cryoprobe that will produce coagulation necrosis and subsequent scar formation of the cornual areas of the uterus has been tested. A discussion is made of the developmental program, including the design of the instrument, efficacy and safety testing in baboons, and preliminary investigations of the safety of this pr...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Droegemueller W,Greer BE,Davis JR,Makowski EL,Chvapil M,Pollard A

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:783 aborters and 430 abortuses were studied in a prospective cytogenetic survey which attempted to link chromosome abnormalities and history of recurrent abortion. 425 female and 358 male spontaneous aborters and their 430 abortuses (310 were karotyped) showed 4 women and 2 men as balanced translocation carriers (3 R...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kajii T,Ferrier A

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of glucocorticoids on primate fetal lung function have not been clearly delineated. In this prospective study of preterm rhesus fetuses exposed in utero to betamethasone for 72 hours, the most significant alteration was a striking increase in maximum lung volumes. Functionally less significant increases in...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Johnson JW,Mitzner W,London WT,Palmer AE,Scott R,Kearney K

更新日期：1978-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigations have shown that the human placenta is a complex organ with different zones, each with a unique morphology. These zonal morphologic difference have been related to a probable blood PO2 gradient operating in the intervillous space. This study describes zonal variations in the vertical plane of th...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Teasdale F

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels were measured in response to luteinizing hormone-releasing factor (LRF), given as a 100 microgram intravenous bolus and/or as a 4 hour infusion of 0.2 microgram per minute to 27 normal menstruating women and 15 women with the polycystic ovar...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mortimer RH,Lev-Gur M,Freeman R,Fleischer N

更新日期：1978-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CO2 hysteroscopy for diagnosis of cervical polyps was performed in 36 patients. The polyps could be located under direct vision and their attachments were found to be deeper than what is seen in regular inspection. A relatively high number of endometrial polyps were found. It is advised that the polyps be surgically r...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： David A,Mettler L,Semm K

更新日期：1978-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryosurgery was used to treat 208 patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. These patients were referred to our Colposcopy Clinic for investigation of an abnormal Papanicolaou smear. Prior to treatment a colposcopically directed biopsy was taken in all cases. The regrigerant used for cryosurgery was nitrous ox...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Popkin DR,Scali V,Ahmed MN

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transfer constant of conversion of plasma androstenedione to estrone ([p]AE1BU) as a function of total body weight and excess body weight in ovulatory and anovulatory young adult women. Twenty-four ovulatory and 31 anovulatory women were studied; their weights ranged from ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Edman CD,MacDonald PC

更新日期：1978-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 46 patients with a history of habitual abortion and in 18 women with primary unexplained infertility, samples from cervical mucus and endometrial tissue have been examined for presence of T-mycoplasma, and the results compared to those obtained among 45 control subjects. Colonization of T-mycoplasma in the cervix w...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Stray-Pedersen B,Eng J,Reikvam TM

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts were made to produce inferior vena cava (IVC) compression in 14 pregnant and 12 nonpregnant bitches. Ligation of the iliac veins, the IVC below the renal veins, or the left renal vein separately produced minimal hemodynamic disturbances. Only ligation of the two renal veins or of the IVC above the renal veins...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Abitbol MM

更新日期：1978-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Objections are made to the conclusions of Tolis and Naftolin that bromocriptine should be considered for induction of menstruation in women with normal serum prolactin. Amenorrhea with normal follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels is often resolved spontaneously. Treatment with bromoc...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hahn L

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter comparative trial, 15-methyl prostaglandin F2alpha(PGF2alpha), 0.92 mg., was administered by extra-amniotic injection to 660 patients. Abortion of the fetus occurred within 24 hours in 479 patients (72.6 per cent) and within 36 hours in 530 patient (80.3 per cent). Abortion was complete in 31 per cent...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：1977-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of genetics, a rapid and accurate test for the prenatal determination of fetal sex, especially in cases of sex-linked disorders, is desirable. Amniotic fluid testosterone was measured by the radioimmunoassay technique in 37 samples obtained at saline abortion between 16 and 19 weeks' gestation. Final conf...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pirani BB,Pairaudeau N,Doran TA,Wong PY,Gardner HA

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electronic system for the detection of uterine contractions by impedance measurement was evaluated in 30 subjects during the first stage of labor. The advantage of the system was patient comfort and ease of application of the recording electrodes. Simultaneous recordings of uterine contraction activity with convent...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Moss PL,Dmytrus KC,Roux JF

更新日期：1977-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Following infusion of parathyroid extract (PTE), parathyroid hormone (PTH) did not cross the placenta from the monkey mother to her fetus. Although maternal PTH levels increased four- to 12-fold, fetal PTH levels remained at the base line at all times tested. To determine if PTH crossed the placenta from fetus to moth...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Northrop G,Misenhimer HR,Becker FO

更新日期：1977-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of epidural analgesia on the duration of labor have been a controversal subject since its increased use in recent years. A total of 598 patients receiving this form of analgesia were studied as to progress in labor and eventual outcome. The mean cervical changes during epidural analgesia with a single drug...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Phillips JC,Hochberg CJ,Petrakis JK,Van Winkle JD

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of reconstructive surgical techniques accelerates recovery from radical pelvic surgery. It also allows the surgeon greater latitude in the type of procedure and the selection of patients for extended pelvic surgery. The techniques involved in three such reconstructive procedures are described, and their applic...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Franklin EW,Bostwick J 3rd,Burrell MO,Powell JL

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The known effect of progesterone on carbohydrate metabolism prompted a study of some of the hepatic "lipogenic" and "gluconeogenic" enzymes in rats treated with progesterone. Several enzymes providing lipid precursors (phosphofructokinase, malic enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and citrate cleavage enzyme) s...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dahm CH Jr,Minagawa J,Jellinek M

更新日期：1977-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit fetuses were injected intramuscularly with 0.5 mg. of isoxsuprine on the twenty-eighth day of gestation. They were killed in utero four hours after the injection, and fetal pulmonary fluid (FPF) was collected through a tracheal catheter. The quantity of FPF and the lung weight/body weight ratio were both signif...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Enhorning G,Chamberlain D,Contreras C,Burgoyne R,Robertson B

更新日期：1977-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fetal exsanguination after midtrimester genetic amniocentesis is reported. Examination of the ration of fetal-to-meternal red cells in the amniotic fluid obtained by amniocentesis for genetic study from 242 consecutive patients, including the reported case, suggests that fetal hemorrhage is relatively common...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Young PE,Matson MR,Jones OW

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkeys weighing 6-8 kg and demonstrating regular menstrual cycles were used to delineate the relationships between the circadian patterns in spontaneous uterine activity, the urinary excretion of 2 catecholamines, norepinephrine and epinephrine, and the alterations in adrenergic neuroreceptors. In Experiment...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Harbert GM Jr,Zuspan FP

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study encompasses five years and includes 559 cancers, diagnosed at the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. With current low-dose techniques, we have shown the efficacy of xeromammography, even in younger women. One third of the breast cancers, one third of the occult breast cancers, occurr...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Frankl G,Ackerman M

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the interrelationship between the GFR and the renal transport of sodium and chloride have been evaluated during the last trimester of gestation with the use of long-term experiments in fetal lambs. An increase in GFR (milliliters per minute) parallel to the in...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Robillard JE,Sessions C,Kennedey RL,Hamel-Robillard L,Smith FG Jr

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have extended our evaluation of the effects of three beta-adrenergic agents in near-term pregnant sheep to include a period of infusion three times longer than previously studied. This extension has provided the following information: (1) Initial depression of uterine blood flow and mean arterial pressure associate...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brennan SC,McLaughlin MK,Chez RA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deceleration delay index (DDI) is a statistical parameter computed by an on-line system which analyzes fetal monitor output for the temporal relationship between each uterine contraction and any associated deceleration of the fetal heart rate. A similar parameter describing this relationship is known to be quantit...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Huddleston JF,Perlis HW,Macy J Jr,Myers RE,Flowers CE Jr

更新日期：1977-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether hormone analysis could be used for accurate determination of fetal sex, we measured testosterone (T) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in 130 amniotic fluid samples at midgestation. The mean unconjugated T in amniotic fluid of 73 patients carrying male fetuses was 202 pg. per milliliter (95 p...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Belisle S,Fencl MM,Tulchinsky D

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molluscum contagiosum in a venereal distribution (MCV) was identified as an incidental finding in 14 patients in a women's outpatient clinic at a general hospital. The lesions were frequently overlooked both by patients and physicians. The lesions of MCV are frequently asymptomatic. The sexual history of the patients ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wilkin JK

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1, 1970 to July 1, 1976, 128 women had hydatidiform moles evacuated at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Women's Hospitals. Of the 121 patients with follow-up, persistent trophoblastic disease (TD) was diagnosed in 32 (26.4 per cent). Remission was achieved in all treated patients. ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Morrow CP,Kletzky OA,Disaia PJ,Townsend DE,Mishell DR,Nakamura RM

更新日期：1977-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Total 24 hour urinary 17-ketosteroid and serum testosterone (T), androstenedione (delta), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DS), and cortisol levels were measured before and during four days of dexamethasone administration in 28 hirsute patients and 10 women with normal ovulatory cycles. B...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Judd HL,McPherson RA,Rakoff JS,Yen SS

更新日期：1977-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of progesterone on estrogen-induced uterine blood flow was investigated in repeated experiments in seven nonpregnant, oophorectomized ewes with chronically implanted electromagnetic flow probes and catheters inserted into branches of the uterine arteries. Administered alone, progesterone has no effect on ba...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Resnik R,Brink GW,Plumer MH

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved statistical method for assessing the efficacy of intrauterine contraception is presented. This method, called the log-rank method, is based on a daily life table, which yields the best estimates of the cumulative net termination probabilities. It provides a sensitive chi-square test statistic to detect dif...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Azen SP,Roy S,Pike MC,Casagrande J,Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two techniques were used to study the neuromuscular control of rabbit ovarian contractions. First, the ovary was denervated by stripping its artery. Spontaneous contractions were noted, as was a normal response to exogenously administered adrenergic agents. Second, the ovarian nerves were electrically stimulated in an...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weiner S,Wright KH,Wallach EE

更新日期：1977-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular fluid samples were obtained by puncturing follicles of ovaries in situ from patients undergoing laparotomy. Sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and sulfur concentrations measured by electron probe microanalysis were similar to those of blood, with minimal differences. This suggested...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chong AP,Taymor ML,Lechene CP

更新日期：1977-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the treatment of pelvic disorders, ovarian tissue was surgically removed from 165 patients (divided into four age groups) and examined microscopically. This article presents the incidence of polynuclear follicles and discusses potential signficance of these structures in the histogenesis of the ovarian teratoma. ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sherrer C,Gerson B,Woodruff JD

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00