Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
A 27-year-old woman who used oral contraceptives for 2 years and had 2 incidents of blurred vision followed by painful "blood-red" fingers is described. Contraceptive treatment was stopped. Most fingers of both hands were characterized by bluish, cyanotic, apparent pregangrenous discoloration. All laboratory tests were within normal range except; l...
Published in East African medical journal
Infertiliy factors encountered in everyday practice in East Africa are reviewed and treatment methods are reported. In a personal series of 220 patients with bilateral tubal occulusion, tubal surgery was undertaken in 52 cases, only 3 of which are known to have produced live births. Reinfection occurred in a large number of cases, indicating the ne...
Published in Ceskoslovenská gynekologie
From 1961-1970 cases of women with fertility disturbances due to anovulatory cycles were studied. 49 of the 65 women had wedgelike resections of their ovaries performed; the rest were treated conservatively, in this case with human gonadotropins and clomiphene. After 2 years, 91% had regular ovulatory cycles and 61% had become pregnant. The low per...
Published in Human biology
Birthweight, birth order, and parental age were abstracted from 1,515,443 New York State birth certificates to study the association between the birth of an infant weighing less than 2501 g and parental age. The percentage of premature infants was greatest for birth order 1 and 6+ and showed a minimum at birth order 3. When maternal age and birth o...
Published in Research in reproduction
A chart showing the principal maternal and fetal mechanisms which may control the onset of parturition is presented. Many factors influence the contractive activity of the uterus. These factors are discussed and include autonomic motor innervation, estrogens, external environment, fetal stress, ACTH and corticosteroids, mechanical stimulation, oxyt...
Published in Contraception
The concentrations of protein and copper and the activities of acid and alkaline phosphatase and beta-glucuronidase were measured in the uterine fluid of 8 25-38 year old women using the copper-T (Cu-T) 200 device for intrauterine contraception. Specimens were obtained in the proliferative phase on Cycle Days 10-12 of 1 menstrual cycle, and in the ...
Published in Contraception
Protein and nucleic acid concentrations and activities of acid and alkaline phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, and lactic dehydrogenase were systematically studied in endometrial biopsy specimens obtained from 10 24-35 year old women in this investigation. The biopses were taken during the proliterative phase on Cycle Days 10, 11, or 12 and during th...
Published in Ceskoslovenská gynekologie
A number of women with IUDs were hysterographically (in 1 case electromyographically) examined to see the change in shape of the uterine cavity. 1 of the women was pregnant because of the failure of her IUD. All the hysterograms showed a known deformity of the cavity, regardless of the length of time since the IUD had been inserted, except in the c...
Published in The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine
In this study the influence of copper salts on the hypothalamic ovulatory hormone releasing factor was studied in vivo. 321 healthy adult female rabbits were used. 85 mcg of estradiol-17-beta-benzoate dissolved in 1 ml of sesame oil was injected intramuscularly for 2 days. Absence of ovulation and an active corpus luteum were confirmed by laparotom...
Published in Prostaglandins
Clinical research was conducted into the possible interrelationships between prostaglandin (PG) F2alpha and the human sympathetic nervous system. The study also permitted comparison of the relative sensitivity of 2 indicators of sympatho-adrenal activity: 1) the determination of circulating catecholamines, epinephrine and norepinephrine; and 2) ana...
