[Relative factors of expectant management of ectopic pregnancy].

Objective: To analyze select patients of ectopic pregnancy for expectant management.

Methods: Retrospective analyses were conducted for the relative factors of 180 cases of ectopic pregnancy with expectant management at Department of Family Planning of our hospital from August 2004 to January 2012. Their general clinical data, clinical manifestations and laboratory tests were collected.

Hibiscus sabdariffa inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration induced by high glucose--a mechanism involves connective tissue growth factor signals.

Recently, the herbal extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa was shown to have multiple bioactive effects, including anti-atherosclerosis. On the basis of this, we aimed to examine whether the polyphenolic isolate of H. sabdariffa (HPI) could protect high-glucose-treated vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) and its putative transduction signals.

[Clinical study of topotecan and cisplatin as first line chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer].

Objective: To evaluate efficacy and toxicity of topotecan and cisplatin (TP) as first line chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer, and its effect on prognosis of the patients.

Methods: Totally 94 eligible patients with pathologically verified stage II - IV epithelial ovarian cancer were enrolled into 3 groups of this clinical trial. (1) TP group: 30 patients were treated with topotecan, 0.