H Póvoa, D R Figueira, A Campos da Paz, E R Spichler, E R Lopes
{"title":"Cyclic AMP in cervical mucus.","authors":"H Póvoa, D R Figueira, A Campos da Paz, E R Spichler, E R Lopes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cyclic adenosine monophosphate normally stimulates motility of spermatozoa. Its concentration in cervical mucus was studied by an isotopic competitive method in 15 normal women aged between 20 and 50 years. Values were very high, particularly in the periovulatory period, with a mean (+/-SD) value of 167.90 +/- 154.96 nmol/l. These are very high when compared with values in other biological fluids (blood serum and urine).</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 3","pages":"145-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17332701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect on prostaglandin F 2 alpha on sperm motility in vitro.","authors":"W Grünberger, U Maier, G Lunglmayr","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of prostaglandin F 2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) on sperm motility in ejaculates from 53 subfertile men was investigated. The addition of PGF2 alpha in a concentration of 25 00 ng/ml isotonic salt solution to sperm samples resulted in a highly significant (p less than 0.025) increase in sperm motility; however, only two out of three samples responded in this way, the remainder being unaffected. Mean progressive sperm motility in responders increased by 32.8% of baseline value (determined 2h after liquefaction). In higher concentrations (25 000 ng/ml aliquots), PGF2 alpha was ineffective.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 3","pages":"141-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17996207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uterine cornual cauterization as a sterilization method.","authors":"M Ishikawa, F Ishikawa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>From January 1977 to December 1978, 33 cases of uterine cornual cauterization for sterilization were performed using an ultrasound scanner to locate the uterus immediately after an induced abortion at 6-8 weeks' gestation. Hysterosalpingography was performed 16 weeks postoperatively for each patient. In every case, the Fallopian tubes had been occluded.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 3","pages":"157-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18300263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Menstrual regulation with prostaglandin analogues.","authors":"K Hagenfeldt, M Bygdeman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of generally applicable, simple non-surgical methods for menstrual regulation has been desired for a long time. Such an approach to fertility control depends on the availability of a suitable therapeutic agent that should be effective, reliable, simple to administer and free from disturbing side effects. The classical prostaglandins have shown the capability but are unsuitable mainly due to high incidence of side effects. Most of these drawbacks seem to be overcome when prostaglandin analogues are used; however, vaginal administration caused appreciable pain in 10-30% of women, and so severely limits self-administration of these analogues.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 3","pages":"195-201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18075459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Treatment of the anovulatory cycle: personal experience in 406 clinical cases].","authors":"J Botella Llusiá","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 3","pages":"177-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18075458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Abortive activity of mimosine and its prevention (author's transl)].","authors":"J Perea-Sasiain, J Balaguera","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>18 out of 19 female mice treated orally with different levels of mimosine in the drinking water were fertile. Subcutaneous injection of mimosine (400 mg/kg) to 23 pregnant mice, in a single dose on days 5, 10, 15 or 17, resulted in death and resorption or expulsion of dead embryos, except in one, early inoculated. L-Phenylalanine (600 mg/kg) injected subcutaneously on day 17 prevented abortion in 4 out of 5 mice subsequently injected with mimosine.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 2","pages":"113-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18276608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H E Scaglia, D Aquilano, C Zylbersztein, E Spinedi, M Colombani, J Simon, J Encabo
{"title":"Heterogeneous results of serum testosterone obtained in multiple blood samples from women with idiopathic hirsutism in both basal and post-dexamethasone conditions.","authors":"H E Scaglia, D Aquilano, C Zylbersztein, E Spinedi, M Colombani, J Simon, J Encabo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Serum radioimmunoassayable testosterone (T), cortisol and luteinizing hormone (LH) were determined before and after dexamethasone (DXM) administration in 35 patients with idiopathic hirsutism (IH). Blood samples were taken at 15-min intervals during 1 hour in both basal and post-DXM conditions. Testosterone values obtained in 5 normal women in the same conditions during the early follicular phase were (mean +/- SD): baseline, 2.26 +/- 0.49 nmol/l; post-DXM, 0.80 +/- 0.35 nmol/l. Serum T levels in the whole group of patients with IH were significantly higher than those in the control group (mean +/- SD): baseline, 3.30 +/- 1.80nmol/l; post-DXM, 1.67 +/- 1.49nmol/l. Patients with IH were divided into 4 groups according to T results in the DXM test (mean +/- SD in both basal and post-DXM conditions, respectively): group 1 (n = 13) 1.67 +/- 0.66 and 0.62 +/- 0.35nmol/l; group 2 (n = 11) 3.89 +/- 1.63 and 3.09 +/- 1.49nmol/l; group 3 (n = 6) 3.96 +/- 1.46 and 0.87 +/- 0.73nmol/l; and group 4 (n = 5) 5.45 +/- 1.25 and 2.05 +/- 0.38nmol/l. In all cases, maximal adrenal inhibition, as judged by serum cortisol, was obtained. No LH modifications after DXM were obtained in any of the cases. Our results demonstrate that there is no common androgenic abnormality in IH. It is possible to obtain normal or high circulating T levels. The findings of this study also suggest that the adrenals, to ovary or both may be the sources of high T levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 2","pages":"75-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18276607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary amenorrhoea associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome.","authors":"I M Valkov, S I Dokumov","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Four patients with primary amenorrhoea associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome were investigated clinically, radiologically, endocrinologically and histologically. The values of FSH and LH were determined in basal conditions, as well as after 100 micrograms of LHRH. The levels of TSH and prolactin were studied before and after TRH stimulation in doses of 200 micrograms. An increase in the basal levels of FSH was established with different responses of the hormone to the LHRH test in the four patients. The values of LH were in the upper normal limits, and the responses of the hormone to the LHRH test were similar to those defined for FSH. The basal levels and the response of TSH and prolactin to TRH were within the norm, with the exception of the first patients, in whom the response of prolactin to TRH stimulation was significantly diminished. The authors discuss the pathogenesis of the disease in connection with the data obtained.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 2","pages":"119-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17842263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sterility caused by functional absence of ejaculatory ducts.","authors":"B Arce, R S Padrón, M Pérez-Plaza","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five patients with functional absence of genital excretory ducts are presented, with emphasis on the scarcity of physical and complementary data obtained. The low impairment of spermatogenesis is pointed out. Seminal characteristics are analysed and the diagnostic importance of spermogram data stressed. The importance of the qualitative determination of fructose for the diagnosis of this syndrome is noted, as well as the incidence of this syndrome as the cause of azoospermia and sterility. The existence of a unilateral congenital absence of ejaculatory ducts is demonstrated. Cases of this sort cannot be detected unless a contralateral acquired lesion occurs.</p>","PeriodicalId":76418,"journal":{"name":"Reproduccion","volume":"5 2","pages":"105-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18274943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}