Insulin dose or glycemic control for the critically ill?

STUDIES ON THE STORAGE OF THE OESTROGEN-PRECURSOR IN THE INTERSTITIAL GLAND OF THE OVARY OF RATS TREATED WITH OESTRADIOL BENZOATE AND PROGESTERONE

Aldman B et al., 2009 · Acta Anatomica

Some preliminary observations on the proton magnetic resonance in biologic samples

Odeblad E et al., 2008 · Acta radiologica. Supplement

Morphological characterization of different human cervical mucus types using light and scanning electron microscopy

Menárguez M et al., 2003 · Human reproduction (Oxford, England)

This study was conducted on human cervical mucus using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The objective was the morphological characterization of the different mucus types, with samples taken from the lumen of the cervix and from the different secretory zones of the cervical mucosa. A total of 230 samples from 195 women were spread out on slides and air dried. The phenomenon of 'ferning' was observed and assessed in these samples using both LM and SEM. Further samples from the lumen of the cervix and the different secretory crypts were spread out on cover slips and fixed with glutaraldehyde (2.5%) to be studied by SEM. The results show the presence of four different morphological mucus types, namely L, S, P and G, in both types of sample using dried and fixed techniques. Mucus from the lumen of the cervix appears to be a morphologically heterogeneous entity. It contains different types of secretions, the proportions of which vary throughout the menstrual cycle. The different mucosal types show different types of crystallization, different patterns of ultrastructure (probably related to the arrangement of the glycoprotein network) and are produced in different secretory zones of the crypts in the cervix.

Cervical mucus and their functions

Odeblad E, 1997 · Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons

The functional structure of human cervical mucus

Odeblad E, 1968 · Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand

The Biophysical Properties of the Cervical-Vaginal Secretions

Odeblad E, 1983 · International Review of Natural Family Planning

Cervical factors

Odeblad E, 1978 · Contrib Gynecol Obstet

The cervical canal mucus is important to human fertility since conception can only occur if sperm pass through the contents of the cervical canal to reach the ovum. The biophysical properties of the cervical mucus and their relation to sperm migration are, therefore, curcial. A variety of laboratory experimentation methods have been used in studies of cervical mucus: 1) sperm migration measurements; 2) reheological studies; 3) cell countings; 4) crystallization studies; 5) Nmr: 6) EPR; and 7) photoelectron spectroscopy. Cervical mucus is the end result of complicated biosynthetic processes occurring in the epithelial cells of the cervical mucosa; this biosynthesis is regulated by many factors. Type E, characteristic for estrogenic stimuli on mucus biosynthesis, and type G, for gestagenic stimulation, are the 2 main types of cervical secretions. The 2 types always occur together, in differing proportions. For example, at normal ovulation there is a 97:3 ratio of type E to type G; at normal corpus luteum, the ratio is 10:90. The string variety of type E seems to aid in conveying sperm from the vagina while the loaf variety is inactive. The very low viscosity of the string variety intermicellar fluid permits very rapid sperm swimming. Not much is known regarding cervical mucus pathology or therapy.

The Mucus Symptoms Length and Subphases During the Fertile Age: A Review of Odeblad E's Findings

Odeblad E, 1986 · International Review of Natural Family Planning