[The Medical-Pharmaceutical Department of the Junta for aid to Spanish Republicans, Mexico delegation].

Between 1940 and 1942, the Mexican delegation of the Junta for Aid to Spanish republicans founded and supported its own Medical-Pharmaceutical Department in Mexico City, formed by recently exiled Spanish professionals. It initially dealt with home medical care, charging for each medical service performed by specialists and each drug prescription. It later included a polyclinic with a staff of specialists and its own pharmacy.

Activity of hepatic enzymes from week sixteen of pregnancy.

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence, epidemiology, and mother-child repercussions of increased alanine-aminotransferase levels from week 16 of pregnancy.

Study Design: A longitudinal observational study of 381 pregnant women. The cause of increased alanine-aminotransferase levels during pregnancy and repercussions on the neonate were studied in 283 cases.

Relationship between sleep and secretion of gonadotropin and ovarian hormones in women with normal cycles.

Objective: To monitor gonadotropin and ovarian hormone levels in relation to sleep duration in normally cycling women.

Design: Observational and cross-sectional study.

Setting: Multicentric collaborative study.