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IT APPEARS TO BE WELL ESTABLISHED that the synthetic nonsteroidal analogue of chlorotrianisene (Tace), which has been given the generic name of clomiphene citrate (MRL/41)*, is capable of stimulating ...

After many years of use and a large number of publications there is still no good evidence to indicate that progestogens have a valid role in the treatment of patients with a history of abortion. In m...

A new progestational steroid, the acetophenone derivative of 16α,17α;- dihydroxyprogesterone, was compared with several progestogens for masculinizing effects on the offspring of rats treated during p...

Since classical times there has been discussion on the existence or non-existence of variations in libido in women during the menstrual cycle.*This discussion reached its peak in the nineteenth and ea...

Summary(1) Progesterone administration to rats and dogs with experimental hypertension and to humans with primary arterial hypertension resulted in a decline in blood pressure levels. Blood pressures ...

Physiologic effectiveness is the measure of protection against unwanted pregnancy afforded by a specific contraceptive method under ideal conditions ie, used consistently and according to instructions...

Summary: The content of progesterone was determined in the peripheral venous blood of pregnant women from the 11th week after the last menstrual period up to the day of birth. There was a steady incre...

Results: Normal Pregnancy. Eleven pregnant women were studied at weekly intervals for periods ranging from 24 to 32 weeks. Three hundred and ten estimations were done in this group. An additional 68 a...

A partially purified follicle-stimulating hormone preparation (human pituitary FSH) has been obtained from human pituitaries. The ovarian response to this preparation was studied in 7 amenorrheic wome...

There are relatively few reports of female pseudohermaphrodism not associated with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The writers report 21 cases of females born with partial masculinization of the exter...

Journal Article Pus collections in hernial sacs. An unusual complication of general peritonitis Get access K Cronin, K Cronin Department of Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Search for other works ...

SUMMARY 1. The action of progesterone on the development of the mouse ovum from the eight-celled stage to the blastula has been studied in vitro . 2. Concentrations of progesterone below 2 μg/ml. prod...

While investigating the use of progesterone for the relief of premenstrual syndrome (Greene and Dalton, 1953) a high incidence of toxaemia of pregnancy (19.1 %) was recognized among sufferers from thi...

In 1899 Gustav Born advanced the theory that the corpus luteum of the ovary is a gland of internal secretion, its activity being a prerequisite for the implantation and early development of the fertil...

AMENORRHEA and sterility are frequent accompaniments of morphine addiction in the human female (Menninger-Lerchenthal, 1934; Pescor, 1938). The mechanisms by which these effects are induced, however, ...

THE problem as to whether progesterone is present in human peripheral blood, and in what concentrations, has not yet been solved satisfactorily.

Accurate timing of ovulation is especially necessary (1) in artificial insemination in order to avoid wastage of donor semen; (2) in cases where the husband is relatively infertile and it is necessary...

PREGNANEDIOL was first isolated by Marrian (1) in 1929, when he was engaged in thepurification of “oestrin” from pregnancy urine. He described the properties of this new “unidentified solid alcohol” v...

BRLTISH MDCLJOURNA physical disease: in no case referred for psychological reasons was the mental factor regarded as strong enough for interruption of the pregnancy.

More than twenty-five years ago Edward Reynolds gave an excellent description of the polycystic ovary, and expressed the opinion that ovarian surgery was the most important single feature in the treat...

A. J. Birch, J. Chem. Soc., 1950, 367 Doi: 10.1039/JR9500000367

A discussion of infertility would be incomplete without a comment on the changing concepts of the definition. For statistical purposes it may be necessary to retain the criterion of a three year barre...

Cervical mucus at midcycle is increased in amount, acellularity, water content, and fluidity. Furthermore, cervical mucus at this time is well supplied with carbohydrate and presumably amino acids. Fr...