Browse all articles

Ten years' experience of artificial insemination with cryopreserved donor semen for 1023 courses in 783 women resulting in 572 pregnancies is reported. A simple approach with multiple inseminations ti...

Samples of semen and cervical mucus were provided by 18 couples. Cervical mucus was obtained for each day possible and stored at 4 degrees C until all the samples were collected. Flat capillary tubes ...

Endometriosis of the sciatic nerve is rare but must be included in the differential diagnosis of sciatic pain. Patients present with typical signs and symptoms of sciatica, which are cyclic in nature....

The authors studied the effects of clonidine on a subgroup of women who had symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome; the subgroup comprised 24 women aged 19 to 41 years who had "moderate" to "s...

The existence of luteal phase defect has been the focus of much debate, mainly because of inconsistencies in its diagnosis and management. This study was performed to compare progesterone profiles in ...

This study was designed to derive the predictive value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in peripheral venous serum of patients admitted to hospital with suspected premature rupture of the membranes (PROM)....

A total of 180 infertile couples were treated with intra-uterine insemination of homologous capacitated sperm. The fertility disorder was: a cervical factor in 80 couples (44.4%), a male factor in 68 ...

Pregnancy following a period of infertility was considered to be an increased risk for the fetus. During a period of 3 years (1983-85), 748 couples were seen at this infertility clinic; 515 women (68....

A treatment with the GnRH-agonist, buserelin, was given intranasally in a dosage of 400 micrograms once daily, to induce anovulation in 26 women with premenstrual tension syndrome; 23 patients complet...

A 12-month evaluation of the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning programme in Bangladesh is presented. Four hundred and forty-eight women entered the programme, 232 for spacing, 184 for limiti...

A deficiency in follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle has been shown to result in luteal phase defect (LPD). A short course of human urinar...

Fertility awareness is experiential learning about cyclic fertility. This awareness, used as a family planning method, differs from contraception because it does not isolate the procreative capacity o...

Progesterone, the naturally-occurring 21-carbon steroid produced by the corpus luteum of the ovary and by the placenta, plays an important role in re-production. It is not surprising, then, that it ha...

Cervical mucus observation may be difficult for women who experience continuous mucus throughout their menstrual cycles. This study aims to prove the value of cervical mucus methods for these women. R...

The S1-nuclease analysis was used to investigate the pattern of inhibin expression in the rat. In a first series of experiments, expression of the alpha, beta A, and beta B subunits of inhibin were mo...

A variety of hypotheses have been proposed to explain the premenstrual syndromes. These hypotheses serve as rationales for an equally diverse range of proposed treatments. To investigate these hypothe...

In response to the lack of analyses of natural family planning (NFP) users in the UK a questionnaire was randomly distributed to teachers and users of this method in England and Wales in 1984-85. 464 ...

To determine the best method of preventing ascending infection in the management of premature rupture of membranes, antibiotics such as latamoxef sodium, cefoperazone sodium, and cefotaxime sodium wer...

Attempts to induce ovulation have been made since the early 1920s, but the major breakthrough came in the early 1960s with the introduction of clomiphene citrate and the gonadotropins. Additional prog...

We have retrospectively studied the changes in the level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and of white blood cells in 82 patients who had premature rupture of the membranes between the 20th and the 36th we...

A cross-sectional sample of women who had attended "at least one" instruction is utilized to assess dimensions of client satisfaction with instruction in and usage of natural family planning (NFP) met...

Methods to induce ovulation in anovulatory women have blossomed over the last three decades. The introduction of clomiphene citrate in 1960 allowed us for the first time to provoke follicle developmen...

From our study of 234 cases of AID with fresh semen, we conclude the following: (1) women who do not have other infertility problems, such as ovulatory dysfunction or evidence of tubal disease, have a...

Enriched small and large cell fractions were prepared from mature corpora lutea from 15 women in the midluteal phase by enzymatic dissociation, followed by Percoll gradient centrifugation. The steroid...

In a prospective blind study 380 daily serum samples from 55 women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes were analysed for C-reactive protein (CRP). Although the last CRP before delivery was...

Endometriosis presents a large variety of color manifestations, most nonblack, and many easily missed unless meticulous inspection is used to identify small or nonhemorrhagic lesions. An evolution in ...

The human sperm-hamster egg penetration assay (SPA) has been used to evaluate male fertility under in vivo conditions. The test is not only unstandardized, but agreement does not exist as to the lower...

An integrated luteal progesterone (ILPL) was calculated on the basis of a luteal progesterone (P) level with the assumption that the daily plasma P level in the luteal phase closely approximates a sin...

This prospective study was designed to investigate the effect of glucocorticoids, promethazine (Phenergan), hyskon, heparin, and Ringer's lactated solution in the prevention of pelvic adhesion formati...

In order to evaluate the relationship between the urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) surge as detected by the OvuSTICK (Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., Mountain View, CA) method and daily cervical mucus pa...

Two hundred eighty-five charts were reviewed from patients who underwent surgery for ectopic pregnancy. Excluded were patients with previous tubal reparative surgery, linear salpingotomy, or failed st...

Thyroid disorders are often ubiquitous and insidious in their presentation. They have been implicated in a broad spectrum of reproductive disorders ranging from abnormal sexual development to menstrua...

A study was done to examine the effects of aluminum, magnesium, and boron on major mineral metabolism in postmenopausal women. This communication describes some of the effects of dietary boron on 12 w...

CommentThis case fits the criteria for mania listed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd edition) and the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases.Th...

Progesterone (P), the natural hormone, binds to its specific receptors to induce specific progestational effects. In addition to this binding, P is able to interfere with the binding sites of other st...

Whole-blood serotonin levels in 14 subjects with well documented premenstrual syndrome and 13 age-matched controls were compared. Serotonin levels of premenstrual syndrome subjects were significantly ...

It is now well accepted that a woman can conceive from an act of intercourse for a maximum of only about 7 days of her menstrual cycle. The reliability of natural family planning depends on identifyin...

From 1979 to 1985, 18 patients who were found to have proximal tubal obstruction by hysterosalpingography and laparoscopic chromopertubation underwent resection of the obstructed tubal segment and rei...

Endometrial biopsies from 90 women with regular menstrual cycles and a hormonal profile compatible with normal luteal function were morphometrically assessed using 11 different indices and the results...

Artificial insemination with donor sperm (AID) has been a major form of treatment among infertile couples with defects in sperm production. In this report, we review our experience from 1980-1985. A t...

A technique of translaparoscopic salpingoscopy is utilized to evaluate the ampullary segment of the Fallopian tube in patients suffering from infertility. Comparison of this technique with hysterosalp...

The technique for reduction of the number of embryos was applied in a patient who conceived following IVF and transfer of six embryos. On the 10th week of gestation, the number of embryos was reduced ...

A double-blind controlled study of the effects of vitamin B6 supplementation on premenstrual symptoms was conducted. Fifty-five women who reported moderate to severe premenstrual mood changes particip...

Eight castrate, estrogen-replaced women were given 200 mg spironolactone daily for 4 weeks. The response of plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), testosterone (T), and androstenedione (delta ...

Among 59 laparoscopically staged endometriosis patients, 28.8% tested positive for antinuclear antibody. Of 44 patients, 45.5% were lupus anticoagulant positive (greater than 1.3) and 20.5% were withi...

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized multiple crossover study was designed to determine the effectiveness of alprazolam in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. Patients maintained daily d...