[Intended super-ovulation with HMG in the treatment of so-called functional sterility].

To investigate a new treatment for so-called functional sterility, 17 out of 456 infertile patients were treated in the past three years (age: 32.7 +/- 3.6 years old, infertile period: 5.

[Effects of obesity and weight gain during pregnancy on obstetrical factors].

The relationship between the body weight or weight gain during pregnancy and various obstetrical factors was investigated in 731 patients who delivered in San-ikukai Hospital for in the year 1986. The patients were classified into three groups according to their body weight in non-pregnant states: slender (n = 214), ordinary (n = 379) and obese (n = 138), according to the standard for "The decision diagram for the estimation of obesity and emaciation in Japanese" published in 1986 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. Each of these groups was further divided into two groups according to the degree of weight gain during pregnancy (more or less than 15kg).

[Role of TRH or metoclopramide loading test in the diagnosis of so-called occult or latent hyperprolactinemia].

Present study was performed to investigate whether TRH or metoclopramide (MCP) loading test was useful for the diagnosis of so-called occulted or latent hyperprolactinemia (transient increase of serum prolactin levels more than 30 ng/ml during night; OHP). The circadian profiles of serum prolactin levels were examined in 31 women (age: 23-32 years old) whose BBT charts showed biphasic patterns. Blood samplings had been done every two hours through an intravenous indwelling catheter without any disturbances.