abstract：:Pyridoxal phosphate (vitamin B6) concentrations in peripheral and cord blood obtained at the time of delivery were measured in 30 women. The average plasma concentration in nine women with normal pregnancy was 4.3 ng. per milliliter; in 10 women with pre-eclampsia, 3.3 ng. per milliliter; and in nonpregnant women, 17 ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brophy MH,Siiteri PK

更新日期：1975-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 198 exenterative operations performed at the Mayo Clinic for various pelvic malignant lesions, a 5 year survival rate of 33 per cent was obtained. This rate is commendable, since almost 80 per cent of the operations were accomplished for recurrent malignancy. The diminished over-all operative mortality ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Symmonds RE,Pratt JH,Webb MJ

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early neoplastic lesions of the cervix offer an excellent model to study the neoplastic process in the human; In vitro studies indicate that these lesions are intermediate between normal epithelium and invasive carcinoma in many aspects. More recent studies show that the in vitro cells retain many of the character...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wilbanks GD

更新日期：1975-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Danazol, a new gonadotropin inhibitor, was examined in four categories of patients. (1) Ten normal women medicated orally with Danazol, 800 mg. daily for 91 days, showed no depression of serum LH, estrone, estradiol, or progesterone below control, second-day levels. The serum FSH was slightly depressed; ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Andrews MC,Wentz AC

更新日期：1975-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In studying the mechanisms which govern estriol production in human pregnancy at term, 16 alpha OH-DHEA, 16alpha-OH-DHEA sulfate, and unbound unconjugated cortisol were measured in peripheral venous plasma of 28 healthy women and in cord venous and arterial plasms of their newborn infants at the time of elective cesar...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Simmer HH,Frankland M,Greipel M

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum gonadotropin, estrogen, and androgen levels were measured in samples obtained from 19 patients with polycystic ovarian disease (PCO) and from 10 normal women on day 2 to 4 of their menstrual cycles. In patients with PCO, the mean (plus or minus S.E.) concentration was significantly higher (P smaller than 0.001) ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： DeVane GW,Czekala NM,Judd HL,Yen SS

更新日期：1975-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels in patients with hydatidiform mole, choriocarcinoma, and twin pregnancy were studied by radioimmunoassay. Serum AFP was absent in seven of seven patients (100 per cent) with choriocarcinoma and 10 of 13 (76.9 per cent) with hydatidiform mole. However, low concentrations (below 8 ng...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ishiguro T

更新日期：1975-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cortisol levels were studied in the cord blood and neonatal blood of the following vaginally delivered groups: (A) postmature; (B) postterm (but not postmature); and (C) term neonates. Significantly lower levels of 8 A.M. neonatal plama cortisol were found in postmature neonates when compared with term neonates...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nwosu U,Wallach EE,Boggs TR,Nemiroff RL,Bongiovanni AM

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of two pregnant thyrotoxic patients with propranolol alone is discussed. One patient had a spontaneous remission during pregnancy wile taking propranolol. In the other patient treatment with propranolol allowed postponement of definitive therapy until after delivery, when the fetus was no longer at risk....

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bullock JL,Harris RE,Young R

更新日期：1975-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effect of abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy on the ovarian production of estradiol-17-beta (E2) and progesterone (P) was studied in a group of patients undergoing hysterectomy for various gynecologic indications. Plasma levels of steroids as well as gonadotropins (FSH and LH) were measured by RIA. There was...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Stone SC,Dickey RP,Mickal A

更新日期：1975-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The luteolytic activity of oxymetholone, and anabolic steroid, has been evaluated in 10 women. Administration early in the follicular phase of the cycle inhibited ovulation and prolonged the duration of the cycles in 2 of 3 subjects, but treatment beginning on Day 10 (3 subjects) did not prevent ovulation, although su...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Cox DW,Heinrichs WL,Paulsen AC,Conrad SH,Schiller HS,Hezl MR,Herrmann WL

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen potencies of 9 oral contraceptive pills, Enovid-E, Enovid-5, Ovulen, Demulen, Norinyl+80, Norinyl+50, Ovral, Norlestrin 1 mg. and Norlestrin 2.5 mg., were determined by bioassay. Relative estrogen potency was determined by analysis of variance. Enovid-5, the most estrogenic compound, had a potency of 4.88...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chihal HJ,Peppler RD,Dickey RP

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on complement in vitro by several commercial preparation of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) were investigated. These preparations were demonstrably anticomplementary and produced marked conversion of the third component of complement (C'3). However, detailed analyses showed that the anticomplementary ac...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Loke YW,Pepys MB

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsiveness of the pituitary to luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LRH) during pregnancy and the puerperium was studied in 15 women 18-32 years of age (3 puerperal, 6 pregnant, and 6 eumenorrheic). 25 mcg LRH dissolved in 1 ml sterile water was administered iv to all the subjects. Blood samples were obtai...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jeppsson S,Rannevik G,Kullander S

更新日期：1974-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It is demonstrated that for rats N,N'-bis(dischloroacetyl)-1,8-octamethylenediamine (Win 18,446) is a highly efficient embryocidal N,N'-bis(dichloroacetyl)-1,8-octamethylenediamine It was previously used to supress spermatogenesis in man and other mammals. In the initial rat studies, a fixed dosage of Win 18,446 was...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Oster G,Salgo MP,Taleporos P

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempts quantification of prostaglandins (PGs) in amniotic fluid antepartum at 24, 26-33, 34-36 weeks of gestation and in labor in 6 normal patients, 6 diabetic patients, 3 patients taking methadone, and 1 patient taking heroin. Results of measurements of PGs showed that in the different weeks of gestatio...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Singh EJ,Zuspan FP

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of estradiol infusion on uterine activity and peripheral levels of prostaglandin F and progesterone in pregnant women at term were investigated. 5 normal women at term and 4 women with pre-eclampsia at term were given estradiol-17 beta by infusion over 2-4 hours. Radioimmunoassay was used to measure perip...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Larsen JW,Hanson TM,Caldwell BV,Speroff L

更新日期：1973-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:286 patients between ages 16-48 with cystic adnexal masses were treated with estrogen and progesterone for 6 weeks. Persistence of the adnexal mass occurred in 81 patients and surgical exploration was done. All patients explored with an ovarian enlargement had an ovarian neoplasm causing the enlargement. There were...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spanos WJ

更新日期：1973-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Supreme IUD has given 100% excellent results with 1000 insertions during 1 year with a complication rate of 1/1000. It is suggested that these results are due to the side rims of the IUD lying 1-3 mm from the uterine side wall, completely covering the upper 50-75% of the uterine side walls. ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Knoch MH

更新日期：1973-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A letter is written in response to a report by Drs. Beric, Kupresanin, and Hulka (Am. J, Obslet Gynecol. 114: 273, 1972) which stated that the Karman catheter is not suitable for terminating pregnancies beyond Week 6 of pregnancy. The use of a Karman catheter in terminating pregnancies of 7-10 weeks resulted in 47% t...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fairbrother P

更新日期：1973-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms whereby estradiol retards ovum transport through the rabbit oviduct were investigated. 40 controls were given intravenous injections of 100 units of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). (Ovulation follows injection by 10-14 hours.) 24 hours after injection 20 controls were sacrificed; a 90.5% recovery...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pauerstein CJ,Fremming BD,Hodgson BJ,Martin JE

更新日期：1973-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several copper and cupric ion sources were shown to kill or inhibit the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in vitro. The media used was GC Agar Base supplemented with Isovitalex. Pure copper shot, cupric sulfate, and cupric chloride were used as copper sources. E. coli and Neisseria meningitis were used in addition to...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fiscina B,Oster GK,Oster G,Swanson J

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If the parents do not want to take the 50% chance that a male fetus will be involved with an x-linked disease, it is desirable to predict fetal sex early enough to safely terminate pregnancy. Slides obtained from midcervical smears of 20 consecutive patients at different stages of gestation were stained with .5% aque...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Goldstein AI,Lukesh RC,Ketchum M

更新日期：1973-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of two methods of sterilization on 250 patients at Victoria General Hospital, Nova Scotia, Canada between January 1968 and December 1970. There were 85 vaginal procedures and 165 abdominal procedures; 50 cases were lost to follow-up. Average age of the women was 35 years, average parity was 3.5 children....

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Akhter MS

更新日期：1973-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Norinyl 1+50 oral contraceptive pills contain 1 mg of the progestin, norethindrone, and .05 mg (or 50 mcg) of the estrogen, mestranol. These pills can either be taken in 21-day or 28-day therapy cycles. This dosage is low but effective. Oral contraception is supposed to prevent pregnancy by suppressing ovulation and ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This letter was written in response to the article by P.G. Brooks et al ( 113: 104, 1972) in which the use of the peritoneoscope for removal of extruded intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) with fluoroscopy to aid localization was recommended. In recent experiences of the authors of this letter and of R.R. MacD...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mountrose UE,Whitehouse WL

更新日期：1972-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha on corpus luteum function in normal women with regular menstrual cycles was investigated. 21 women were recruited as volunteers and PGF2 alpha was infused for 8 hours (25 mgm). Infusions were given between Day 14 and 27 of the luteal phase of the cycle, with Day 14 arbitrari...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jones GS,Wentz AG

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of reproductive steroids in the vascular changes o f the estrous and menstrual cycles and of pregnancy has prompted both clinical observations and animal experiments on the influence of sex hormones on the physiology of blood vessels. Research was carried out to develop a method for exposing blood ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Forbes TR,Glassen G

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy upon the immune response and endogenous status of patients with primary or recurrent endometrial adenocarcinoma, 8 patients were treated with progestin therapy as inpatients for 33-80 days. Patients were studied intermittently for up to 72 months. Seru...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Anderson DG

更新日期：1972-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical research has shown that prostaglandins (PGs) play an important role in every phase of human reproduction. The logical consequence of early basic biological research into PGs is the current interest in clinical evaluation of PGs as agents to induce labor and abortion and to stimulate menstruation. This is a ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hinman JW

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe normal relationships between the various plasma unconjugated estrogens and progesterone during the second half of human pregnancy, the plasma concentrations of progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP), and unconjugated estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), and estriol (E3) were measured in 126-310 normal wom...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Tulchinsky D,Hobel CJ,Yeager E,Marshall JR

更新日期：1972-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and acceptability of PGF2alpha (prostaglandin F2alpha) as an abortifacient has been examined during intravenous infusion in 15 obstetrically normal midtrimester patients. Infusions of up to 200 mcg/minute of PGF2alpha induced complete abortions in 3 and incomplete abortions in an additional 3 patients. ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Csapo AI,Sauvage JP,Wiest WG

更新日期：1971-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman pregnant with her second child was given sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin) during her eighth month of pregnancy for a urinary tract infection. Her 34-week-old male infant was stillborn with hydrops fetalis and severe anemia. The mother was found to be glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH) deficient. Ingestion...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Perkins RP

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report of a serious complication that occurred about 5 weeks after the insertion of an IUD. The patient, a 34 year old Caucasian woman, gravida 7, para 5 and abortions 2, was admitted to the hospital for chills, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea which began 3 days prior to admission...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Rowland TC Jr

更新日期：1971-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of infection from puerperal tubal ligation is studied 1, 2, 3, and 5 days postpartum. Aliquots of 52 oviduct homogenates and 26 endometrial saline aspirates were cultured in serum. PPLO, tryptic soy, and thioglycolate broth, and blood, PPLO, and chocolate agar. A Brown and Brenn Gram stain was run on ovidu...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Spore WW,Moskal PA,Nakamura RM,Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：1970-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometrial biopsies at varying times in the menstrual cycle were obtained from 30 healthy women (16-41 years) to be used as controls, and 19 women (16-36 years), who wore an IUD (Mazlin spring, Lippes loop, or Birnburg bow) for from 5 months to 4 years, in order to study histological changes in the endometrium in th...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hester LL Jr,Kellett WW 3rd,Spicer SS,Williamson HO,Pratt-Thomas HR

更新日期：1970-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to study the influence of prostaglandins compounds on the pregnant human uterus in situ. Recordings of uterine motility were made on 14 pregnant women by measuring the amniotic pressure. PGE1 alpha and PGF2 alpha were administered intravenously as single injections. It was found that PGF2 ...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bygdeman M,Kwon SU,Mukherjee T,Roth-Brandel U,Wiqvist N

更新日期：1970-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a study of Rh antibody titers in the amniotic fluids from 42 Rh-negative sensitized pregnancies is presented. Amniocentesis was performed in the pregnant Rh-negative women having serum Rh antibody titers (indirect Coombs) ranging from 1/64 to 1/4,096. Spectrophotometric analysis was done on the antiRh-D ti...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Usategui-Gomez M,Stearns SB,Toolan HW

更新日期：1969-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of this article have been able to isolate from the human placenta large amounts of a vasodepressor substance able to cause relaxation of the duodenum, and decrease blood pressure in rats. The vasoactive substance was obtained only by extraction with dichloroacetic acid, hydrochloric acid, and with methyle...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ryan WL,Coronel DM,Johnson RJ

更新日期：1969-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:At the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, laparoscopy has been routinely used as a diagnostic aid in cases for acute pelvic inflammatory disease since 1960. No significant complications have been encountered. The material of the study comprises 905 cases covering an 8 year period, 1960-1967. The operation was alway...

journal_title：American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jacobson L,Weström L

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00