Publications by authors named "S Clark Ligon"

Article Synopsis
  • - Patients with gynecologic vasculitis need to be assessed for potential systemic diseases, as the treatment and prognosis can change significantly depending on whether the disease is localized or systemic.
  • - A case study features a 25-year-old woman who had abnormal cervical screening results and was found to have both cervical dysplasia and leukocytoclastic vasculitis during a colposcopy, alongside a past skin rash that might indicate systemic involvement.
  • - The occurrence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the uterine cervix may be linked to factors like hormonal contraception and infections (e.g., HPV), emphasizing the importance of monitoring any resulting cervical dysplasia for progression and proper treatment.
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Cannabis use during pregnancy may cause fetal toxicity driven by in utero exposure to (-)-∆ -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its psychoactive metabolite, (±)-11-hydroxy-∆ -THC (11-OH-THC). THC concentrations in the human term fetal plasma appear to be lower than the corresponding maternal concentrations. Therefore, we investigated whether THC and its metabolites are effluxed by placental transporters using the dual cotyledon, dual perfusion, term human placenta.

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Large diameter (> 100 mm) planar Na-β″-AlO solid electrolytes (BASE) with thickness from 1.0 to 1.5 mm have been prepared.

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Objective: To evaluate which factor, AMH or FSH, was superior in predicting live birth after assisted reproductive technologies (ART) when the tests are discordant, using data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcomes Reporting System database.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Clinic-based data.

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