Publications by authors named "Croxatto H"

Urinary kallikrein excretion (UK), plasma renin activity (PRA), and 24-hour urine volume, sodium, and potassium excretion rates were determined sequentially in 16 normal pregnant women. Throughout gestation, UK was significantly elevated as compared to values obtained in 13 control women (1466 +/- 152 vs 375 +/- 90 U/g creatinine). The highest level was observed in Period 2 of gestation, corresponding to Weeks 17 to 24.

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1. The effect of D-aldosterone and dexamethasone on kallikrein release was studied in the isolated rat kidney perfused with modified Krebs-Henseleit buffer. 2.

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Levonorgestrel plasma levels were determined by a specific radioimmunoassay in a group of 110 women at various intervals between 1 and 60 months following implantation of six silastic capsules containing levonorgestrel (Norplant). The implants were placed subdermally in the volar aspect of the forearm. Blood samples were taken twice a week for six consecutive weeks in each subject.

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Levonorgestrel plasma levels were determined by a specific radioimmunoassay in a group of 110 women at various intervals between 1 and 60 months following implantation of six silastic capsules containing levonorgestrel (Norplant). The implants were placed subdermally in the anterior aspect of the forearm. Blood samples were taken twice a week for six consecutive weeks in each subject.

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Dimethyl-polysiloxane capsules containing pure progestagens were attached to Tatum's T IUDs and tested in 594 fertile women for contraceptive performance. The control group was represented by 71 women who received identical devices containing barium sulphate instead of steroid and 100 women who received a Copper T-200. The progestagens and the doses tested were megestrol acetate (4.

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This article deals with attempts to time the onset and duration of the ovum's sojourn in the endometrial cavity of women. Recovery of the ovum from the uterus was attempted by means of transcervical flushing of the cavity 48 to 216 hours after the luteinizing hormone (LH) peak in plasma. A single flushing or repetitive flushings done at 24-hour intervals in the same cycle were performed in different subjects.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of retrospective dating of ovulation in women based on the histologic dating of the corpus luteum. Corpora lutea enucleated from the ovary of 39 women between one and six days following the LH peak in plasma were examined by routine histologic techniques and dated according to Corner's criteria. The correlation between the luteinizing hormone (LH) peak--biopsy interval and histologic dating was assessed.

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1. Rat kidney extracts obtained at successive stages of a purification procedure, which allows the separation of renin and kallikrein, were used in order to investigate their effect upon urinary excretion of kallikrein, sodium, potassium and water in hyperhydrated rats. 2.

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The location of ova in the genital tract was studied between 24 and 120 hours after the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in 32 women who had been treated with methyl ergonovine in doses known to stimulate tubal contractility. Thirteen eggs were found in the fallopian tubes, between 48 and 120 hours after th LH peak, and no eggs were recovered from the endoemtrial cavity. No significant difference in tubal ovum recovery or in tubal segmental distribution of ova was found in comparison with these parameters in an untreated control group.

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Silastic implants containing the progestin, levonorgestrel, were tested as long-term contraceptives in 101 women. After three full years of exposure and 2,998 woman-months of use, no pregnancies had occurred. The continuation rates were 87% at 12 months, 79% at 24 months and 66% at 36 months.

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Kallikrein was purified from horse kidney by several steps of chromatographic procedure and by affinity chromatography on Sepharose-Concanavaline. Horse urinary kallikrein was previously purified by DE-32 hydroxylapatite and by Sephadex G-100 gel filtration. On the purified final sample of renal and urinary kallikrein the aminoacid composition and the gel electrophoretic molecular weight were determined.

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The ratio in micron-Moles between each aminoacid residue of both hydrolized renal and urinary kallikrein of rat, is about 1.00 +/- 0.3.

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It is confirmed that urinary kallikrein is significantly and persistently decreased in totally hypophysectomized rats. In addition, kallikrein activity in the kidneys in these animals is significantly reduced (p less than .001) as compared to partially hypophysectomized and sham-operated rats.

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