L Hamberger

Posters on endometriosis at the International Symposium on Endocrine Therapy are reviewed and discussed. Mechanisms of various treatments are discussed, with a note on the possible immunological basis of endometriosis.

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether a simplified infertility investigation protocol, focusing on the use of hysterocontrast sonography (HyCoSy), one blood test, and a semen analysis, would be sufficient as an initial screening test to select coupl…

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for ectopic pregnancy (EP) after IVF-ET. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: In vitro fertilization clinic at a university hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 725 women who conceived after IVF we…

The aim of the study reported here was to establish complementary data for changes in uterine size, echogenicity and vascularity during the menstrual cycle relative to a positive self-test for urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) and day 1 of n…

A cell culture system was established in which endometrial stromal cells were embedded in a collagen matrix and separated from the endometrial epithelium by basement membrane material (Matrigel). The epithelium, seeded on top of the collage…

This review presents evidence of a specific involvement of PGs in the function of the human Fallopian tube. A role of PGE and PGF in ovum transport seems plausible, but data from human studies are still fragmentary. High estrogen levels in …

Uterine cervix tissue, obtained from nonpregnant fertile women undergoing hysterectomy, was mechanically chopped into 1 mm thick slices and incubated in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (0.03-10 microgram/ml) and…

The isthmic portion of the human fallopian tube was excised during surgery and the ampullary-isthmic junction was identified. Muscle strips (1-mm wide) were dissected from the outer longitudinal and the inner circular layers at this region …