Uterus and ovaries in girls and young women with Turner syndrome evaluated by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: To determine uterine and ovarian size in Turner syndrome (TS) and to compare uterine and ovarian size evaluated by transabdominal ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in girls with TS and two groups of controls.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Patients: Forty-one girls with TS (17·0 ± 3·3 years, range 11·2-24·9 years), 50 healthy age-matched controls (16·9 ± 3·2 years, range 12·5-25·0 years) and 107 Tanner-stage-matched controls (15·0 ± 3·2 years, range 10·1-24·2).

Intrapartum death of nonmalformed fetuses in Denmark and Sweden in 1991. A perinatal audit.

Background: In 1991 the rate of intrapartum death of non-malformed fetuses was higher in Denmark than in Sweden (4.2 vs. 1.

[Potentially avoidable perinatal deaths in Denmark and Sweden 1991].

In 1991 the perinatal mortality rate in Denmark was 8.0/1000 deliveries compared to 6.5/1000 in Sweden.

Ampicillin-metronidazole treatment in idiopathic preterm labour: a randomised controlled multicentre trial.

Objective: To determine whether treatment with ampicillin and metronidazole in women with threatened idiopathic preterm labour will prolong the gestation and reduce maternal and neonatal infectious morbidity.

Design: Randomised controlled double-blind trial.

Setting: Six obstetric departments in the Copenhagen area.