Intramuscular interferon-beta treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II associated with human papillomavirus infection.

A placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of intramuscular injection of interferon-beta has been performed on 37 patients suffering from cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II (CIN II) associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the cervix: twenty-two patients were treated with interferon-beta (2 x 10(6) I.U. daily) for ten days; fifteen received placebo (2 ml of saline solution daily) for ten days.

Body mass index distribution in climacteric women.

Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated in 2481 climacteric women selected from among the outpatients attending the Menopause Clinic at Bologna University in absence of hormonal replacement therapy and diseases that could cause weight gain. Analysis of variance of the W/H2 (weight/height squared) distribution in different age and climacteric situations demonstrates that the pre-menopause is a weight-gain inducing state and that ageing seems to cause a progressive increase in W/H2.

Cyto-histologic evaluation of the endometrium in climacteric women at risk for endometrial carcinoma.

The authors evaluated the diagnostic effectiveness of a triple specimen technique (cyto-histologic) performed by the Perma device. The incidence of endometrial hyperplasia (according to Dallenbach-Hellweg's classification) was estimated in 254 climacteric women selected from outpatients who come spontaneously to the Menopause Clinic of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department (Bologna University). The selection criterion was the evidence of risk factors for endometrial carcinoma, climacteric bleedings (obesity, late menopause, high blood pressure, diabetes), or endometriotropic estrogen therapy in the postmenopause.