[Elective single embryo transfer in assisted reproduction].

Background: More than one embryo is normally transferred per cycle to increase the probability for pregnancy after assisted reproduction. This has led to a high rate of multiple pregnancies, which increases the risk of complications for the mother and child.

Material And Methods: 2765 assisted reproduction cycles were performed in the Fertility Unit at St.

Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 and progesterone secretion from human granulosa-luteal cells: effects of octreotide and insulin.

Objective: To examine the effects of the synthetic somatostatin-analogue octreotide and human recombinant insulin on the release of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) and P from human granulosa-luteal cells.

Design: Primary culture of human granulosa-luteal cells.

Setting: Academic research laboratory.

Human papillomavirus and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade II-III: a population-based case-control study.

The association between certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is well documented, but there is uncertainty about the strength of association and the role of co-factors is unclear. This population-based case-control study in Norwegian women 20-44 years of age included 103 cases with histologically confirmed CIN II-III and 234 age-matched and randomly selected controls. Cytological specimens from the cervix were analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Postpartum bacteriuria. A multicenter evaluation of different screening procedures and a controlled short-course treatment trial with amoxycillin.

A total of 10,909 puerperal women from 6 different hospitals were screened for bacteriuria by culture of voided midstream urine (MSU), and a significant growth was found in 881 patients (8.1%). In 731 cases the urine was reexamined by using suprapubic aspiration (SPA), and in only 354 (48%) of the samples the diagnosis of bacteriuria was confirmed.