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Fertil Steril
February 2020
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio.
Objective: To describe the role of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and subsequent follow-up of uterine enhanced myometrial vascularity (EMV). Uterine EMV, previously known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), is a rare but cannot-miss finding often associated with prior pregnancy or uterine surgery and is typically suspected when a vascular mass is found on ultrasound. Color Doppler imaging will demonstrate high-velocity, low-impedance flow, with more significant shunts demonstrating higher peak systolic velocity (PSV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlacenta
November 1999
Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
Urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) is a membrane-anchored protein with urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) as the ligand. This complex induces proteolysis and remodelling of maternal decidua during placental implantation. The presence of uPAR on trophoblasts is supposed to promote adhesion, migration and invasion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of suppression of gonadotropin secretion was evaluated in 21 patients with the polycystic ovary syndrome. Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) was administered intramuscularly in a dose of 400 mg every 15 days for 9 months. A significant decrease in luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone levels (70 and 40%, respectively) was apparent after 3 months.
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