Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 33(2), 69-81
Following Fraenkel's discovery, demonstrating that the rabbit corpora lutea are indispensable in pregnancy maintenance, Corner and Allen showed (1) in a series of now classic studies that luteectomy predictably terminates pregnancy, except when progesterone is provided as substitution therapy. Despite the clarity of these demonstrations and the accumulation of complementary data over 40 years (2, 3, 4), many investigators held the view that the studies in the rabbit model failed to establish a basic biological law of broad …
Csapo, A. I., & Pulkkinen, M. (1978). Indispensability of the human corpus luteum in the maintenance of early pregnancy. Luteectomy evidence. *Obstetrical & gynecological survey*, *33*(2), 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006254-197802000-00001
Csapo AI, Pulkkinen M. Indispensability of the human corpus luteum in the maintenance of early pregnancy. Luteectomy evidence. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 1978;33(2):69-81. doi:10.1097/00006254-197802000-00001
Csapo, A. I., and M. Pulkkinen. "Indispensability of the human corpus luteum in the maintenance of early pregnancy. Luteectomy evidence." *Obstetrical & gynecological survey*, vol. 33, no. 2, 1978, pp. 69-81.
Abortion, Induced, Adult, Corpus Luteum/physiology/surgery, Estradiol/blood/pharmacology, Female, Humans, Menstruation, Oxytocin/pharmacology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Maintenance, Pregnancy Trimester, First, Pressure, Progesterone/blood/pharmacology, Prostaglandins F/pharmacology, Uterus/drug Effects/physiology, Prostaglandins F, Progesterone, Estradiol, Oxytocin