Human Reproduction

The results of 100 gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT) procedures to treat persistent infertility are reported. Twenty-four pregnancies were achieved, of these six aborted, two were extra-uterine, two stillbirths occurred and nine patien…

Protein synthesis in response to heat shock was induced in the proliferative and secretory human endometrium as well as in human decidua during a 2-h incubation period at 41 degrees C. A major 70 K stress protein and two minor stress protei…

Twenty-four women, 11 with endometriosis and 13 with fibrocystic mastopathy, were treated with a medium dose (300-400 mg daily) of Danazol for 6 months. The circulating level of progesterone, the 34K insulin-like growth factor-binding prote…

The human endometrium has been reported to release CA 125 in tissue culture, and elevated levels have been found in patients with endometriosis and adenomyosis. The serum levels of CA 125 were measured in 22 women undergoing hysterectomy fo…

One-hundred-and-seventy-four patients having hysterosalpingographs during the investigation of infertility have been reviewed to assess the incidence of tubo-cornual polyps and their relation to subsequent pregnancy. Definite polyps were pr…

Cancer antigen 125 (CA125) is an antigenic determinant defined by a murine monoclonal antibody and is present on the surface of some ovarian tumours. Using an immunoradiometric assay CA125 immunoreactivity was found in amniotic fluid and de…

The luteal phase of 20 infertile women with endometriosis who were treated with danazol (600 mg daily for 6 months) was studied by basal body temperature, plasma progesterone (P), oestradiol (E2) and prolactin (PRL) determination, and endom…

Follicular development and the endometrial thickness were determined sonographically in 19 outpatients with different causes of sterility, treated during natural or stimulated cycles. The estimates of the endometrial thickness, assessed by …