Symptomatic treatment of premenstrual mastalgia in premenopausal women with lisuride maleate: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized study.

Objective: To determine the therapeutic effect of lisuride maleate on premenstrual mastalgia in premenopausal women.

Design: Double-blind randomized prospective study.

Setting: Department of obstetrics and gynecology at a university hospital.

Sperm-preparation techniques for men with normal and abnormal semen analysis. A comparison.

Objective: To compare two commonly used sperm-preparation techniques, density gradient centrifugation and swim-up procedures, with respect to their effects on acrosome reaction (AR), hypoosmotic swelling (HOS) and nuclear maturity in men with abnormal and normal semen analyses.

Study Design: In accordance with World Health Organization criteria, 23 men with abnormal (group I) and 20 men with normal (group II) semen analyses were included in a prospective, controlled study. Each semen specimen was divided into aliquots in order to assess AR, HOS and nuclear maturity, determined with acridine orange staining, in both raw and processed semen samples using the density gradient centrifugation and swim-up techniques.

Effects of hormone replacement therapy on lipid peroxides and oxidation system in postmenopausal women.

A short-term evaluation of 6 months of estrogen therapy on oxidant status in 38 postmenopausal women was conducted. The levels of serum lipid peroxidation products, glutathione (GSH) status, and glutathione-related enzymes were evaluated before and after 6 months of hormone replacement therapy. After 6 months of estrogen treatment there was a significantly increased concentration of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), which are an end product of lipid peroxidation.

Results of the ACTH stimulation test in hirsute women.

Objective: To determine the incidence of late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia (LOCAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency among hirsute women and to evaluate the results of the ACTH stimulation test with the clinical characteristics.

Study Design: Prospective, controlled study. One hundred women with hirsutism and 14 normally cycling women without hirsutism were included in this study at the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University.

Ovarian stromal hypertrophy in polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the ovarian stromal area and clinical hormonal characteristics in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Study Design: Twenty-eight women with PCOS (group 1) and 26 healthy women (group 2) participated in this study. For measuring the ovarian stromal area, transvaginal ultrasonography was performed on all women during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle.