Volume 52, Number 8, August 2007
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Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
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| Brief Communication | |
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Kevin Jovanovic, M.D., and Hugh S. Taylor, M.D.
Insulin sensitivity in response to estrogen therapy is not dose responsive in individuals.
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| Clinical Perspectives | |
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William F. Rayburn, M.D.
Management strategies can minimize additional risks through practice guidelines and clinical research trials.
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Lindsay M. Mains, M.D., Manya Magnus, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Michael Finan, M.D.
The increased risk of postoperative complications should be considered when operating on women 80 years of age and older.
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Lynne M. Knowles, M.D., Richard D. Drake, M.D., Raheela Ashfaq, M.D., Diego H. Castrillon, M.D., Ph.D., David S. Miller, M.D., and John O. Schorge, M.D.
A simplified approach to preevacuation testing for suspected molar pregnancy that includes a complete blood count and blood type with antibody screen is advisable.
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John R. Britton, M.D., Ph.D.
Among breast-feeding women, high postpartum anxiety is associated with decreased breast-feeding confidence and diminished lactation performance.
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Mehmet Ali Narin, M.D., Eray Caliskan, M.D., Fulya Kayikcioglu, M.D., Ali Haberal, M.D., and M. Mutlu Meydanli, M.D.
Bilateral internal iliac artery ligation, especially the anterior branch, is a viable bleeding control method prior to extensive myomectomy.
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Takafumi Kohama, M.D., Kotaro Herai, M.D., and Masaki Inoue, M.D.
French maritime pine bark extract could be a therapeutic alternative to gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists in the treatment of endometriosis.
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Gabriela Bencaiova, M.D., Tilo Burkhardt, M.D., and Ernst Beinder, M.D.
The most important risk factor for the development of abnormal placental invasion in Switzerland, with an average parity ?2, is a previous uterine intervention.
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Meral Aban, M.D., Devrim Ertunc, M.D., Ekrem C. Tok, M.D., Lulufer Tamer, M.D., Murat Arslan, M.D., and Saffet Dilek, M.D.
Genetic factors could modify the response to environmental pollutants in endometriosis.
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Basak Yildirim, M.D., S�leyman Demir, M.D., Ismail Temur, M.D., R?dvan Erdemir, M.D., and Bab�r Kaleli, M.D.
Accelerated lipid peroxidase in follicular fluid and the resultant decrease in fertility and progesterone secretion may be a major local mechanism for PCOS.
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| Case Reports | |
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John D. Davis, M.D., and Sheyna Carroccio, M.D.
A young nulligravida with massive uterovaginal prolapse due to ascites was treated successfully with reduction and ligation of an enterocele sac and sacrospinous cervicopexy.
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Padma Eedarapalli, M.D., M.R.C.O.G., Nibedan Biswas, M.B.B.S., and Matthew Coleman, M.D., M.R.C.O.G., M.R.C.P.
Epirubicin is a safe and effective chemotherapeutic agent for breast cancer in pregnancy.
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James T. McCormick, D.O., Thomas E. Read, M.D., Robert P. Akbari, M.D., Bradford Sklow, M.D., Harry T. Papaconstantinou, M.D., Stanley Geyer, M.D., Lea O�Keefe, P.A., and Philip F. Caushaj, M.D.
A perineal endometrioma should be considered in women presenting with vague perineal pain associated with menses and a history of obstetric injury or episiotomy.
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Kris Barnsfather, M.D., and Marcello Pietrantoni, M.D.
Pregnancy was successful in a woman, gravida 12, para 0, 2, 10, 1, with recurrent pregnancy loss of unknown origin who used intravenous immunoglobulin.
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Christian Quintero, M.D., Harvey Sasken, M.D., Karen L. Houck, M.D., and Enrique Hernandez, M.D.
A case of angiomyofibroblastoma of the pelvic retroperitoneum was managed with preoperative selective arterial embolization.
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Cem Batukan, M.D., Mahmut Tuncay Ozgun, M.D., Cagdas Turkyilmaz, M.D., and Mehmet Tayyar, M.D.
Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube should be considered in the differential diagnosis of lower abdominal pain during pregnancy.
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William C. McBee, Jr., M.D., Stephen P. Emery, M.D., and Pedro F. Escobar, M.D.
Heterotopic pregnancy can present at any time during pregnancy and should be considered in any woman presenting with abdominal pain during pregnancy.
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