Sommario

• • ·Future directions for academic obstetrics and gynecology—“…through a glass, darkly…” : Presidential address

    Pagina :1073-1079

    Charles B. Hammond

    
• • ·Physician-patient communication using ancestral spirits to achieve holistic healing

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    J.V. Van Der Merwe

    
• • ·Strategies to respond to polymerase chain reaction deoxyribonucleic acid amplification failure in a preimplantation genetic diagnosis program

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    William E. Gibbons, Susan A. Gitlin, Susan E. Lanzendorf

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• • ·Cervical competence as a continuum: A study of ultrasonographic cervical length and obstetric performance

    Pagina :1097-1106

    Jay D. Iams, Francee F. Johnson, Jiri Sonck, Larry Sachs, Cathy Gebauer, Philip Samuels

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• • ·Postpartum plasma exchange for atypical preeclampsia-eclampsia as HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome

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    James N. Martin, Joe C. Files, Pamela G. Blake, Kenneth G. Perry, John C. Morrison, Patricia H. Norman

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• • ·Use of levonorgestrel implants versus oral contraceptives in adolescence: A case-control study

    Pagina :1128-1137

    Abbey B. Berenson, Constance M. Wiemann

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• • ·MOMs (multiples of the median) and DADs (disciminant aneuploidy detection): Improved specificity and cost-effectiveness of biochemial screening for aneuploidy with DADs

    Pagina :1138-1149

    Mark I. Evans, Lawrence Chik, Joseph E. O'Brien, Bernadette Chin, Elena Dvorin, Mazin Ayoub, Eric L. Krivchenia, Joel W. Ager, Mark P. Johnson, Robert J. Sokol

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• • ·An evaluation of human papillomavirus testing for intermediate- and high-risk types as triage before colposcopy

    Pagina :1150-1157

    Kenneth D. Hatch, Achim Schneider, Magdy W. Abdel-Nour

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• • ·Amniotic fluid embolism: Analysis of the national registry

    Pagina :1158-1169

    Steven L. Clark, Gary D.V. Hankins, Donald A. Dudley, Gary A. Dildy, T.Flint Porter

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• • ·A comparison of cardiopulmonary adaptations to exercise in pregnancy at sea level and altitude

    Pagina :1170-1180

    Raul Artal, Victoria Fortunato, Ann Welton, Nora Constantino, Nazareth Khodiguian, Lydia Villalobos, Robert Wiswell

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• • ·The obstetrician and gynecologist: Primary care physician or specialist?

    Pagina :1181-1183

    Ralph W. Hale

    
• • ·The obstetrician-gynecologist: Specialist and primary care physician

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    Albert B. Gerbie

    
• • ·The obstetrician-gynecologist—Generalist, specialist, subspecialist?

    Pagina :1188-1190

    Leo J. Dunn

    
• • ·Assessment of numeric abnormalities of X, Y, 18, and 16 chromosomes in preimplantation human embryos before transfer

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    Santiago Munné, Khalid M. Sultan, Heinz-Ulrich Weier, James A. Grifo, Jacques Cohen, Zev Rosenwaks

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• • ·Fetoscopic laser ablation of placental vessels in severe previable twin-twin transfusion syndrome

    Pagina :1202-1211

    Julian D. De Lia, Randall S. Kuhlmann, Timothy W. Harstad, Dwight P. Cruikshank

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• • ·Markers of acute and chronic asphyxia in infants with meconium-stained amniotic fluid

    Pagina :1212-1215

    Sherrie D. Richey, Susan M. Ramin, Roger E. Bawdon, Scott W. Roberts, Jody Dax, Jodie Roberts, Larry C. Gilstrap

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• • ·Fetal membranes inhibit prostaglandin but not oxytocin-induced uterine contractions

    Pagina :1216-1223

    Patricia L. Collins, Edo Idriss, John J. Moore

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• • ·Fetal behavioral state patterns during and after prolonged exposure to cocaine in sheep

    Pagina :1223-1228

    David J. Burchfield, Aemil J.M. Peters, Robert M. Abrams, Diane Phillips

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• • ·Combining humerus and femur length for improved ultrasonographic identification of pregnancies at increased risk for trisomy 21

    Pagina :1229-1235

    Mark Paul Johnson, Jeffrey E. Michaelson, Mason Barr, Marjorie C. Treadwell, Roderick F. Hume, Mitchell P. Dombrowski, Mark I. Evans

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• • ·Carirer diagnosis of the fragile X syndrome—A challenge in antenatal clinics

    Pagina :1236-1239

    Markku Ryynänen, Pertti Kirkinen, Arto Mannermaa, Seppo Saarikoski

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• • ·Amplifying effect of endothelin-1 on serotonin-induced vasoconstriction of human umbilical artery

    Pagina :1240-1245

    Yuji Okatani, Katsunori Taniguchi, Yusuke Sagara

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• • ·The effect of cervical loop electrosurgical excision on subsequent pregnancy outcome: North American experience

    Pagina :1246-1250

    Alex Ferenczy, Denis Choukroun, Tomasso Falcone, Eduardo Franco

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• • ·Chronic hyperinsulinemia and the adrenal androgen response to acute corticotropin-(1–24) stimulation in hyperandrogenic women

    Pagina :1251-1256

    Ricardo Azziz, Edwin L. Bradley, H.Downing Potter, C.Richard Parker, Larry R. Boots

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• • ·Loop electrosurgical excision with a laparoscopic electrode and carbon dioxide laser vaporization: Comparison of thermal injury characteristics in the rat uterine horn

    Pagina :1257-1262

    Malcolm G. Munro, Yao S. Fu

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• • ·Single oral dose fluconazole compared with conventional clotrimazole topical therapy of Candida vaginitis

    Pagina :1263-1268

    Jack D. Sobel, Doris Brooker, Gary E. Stein, Jessica L. Thomason, Daniel P. Wermeling, Blake Bradley, Louis Weinstein, Fluconazole Vaginitis Study Group

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• • ·Antichlamydial activity of vaginal secretion

    Pagina :1268-1272

    Elgaali A. Mahmoud, L.-O. Svensson, S.-E. Olsson, P.-A. Mårdh

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• • ·Hormonal status affects the reactivity of the cerebral vasculature

    Pagina :1273-1278

    Michael A. Belfort, George R. Saade, Michael Snabes, Randall Dunn, Kenneth J. Moise, Arcadia Cruz, Ronald Young

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• • ·Third stage of labor: Analysis of duration and clinical practice

    Pagina :1279-1284

    Mitchell P. Dombrowski, Sidney F. Bottoms, Abdel Aziz A. Saleh, William W. Hurd, Roberto Romero

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• • ·Gynecologic and obstetric aspects of Gaucher's disease: A survey of 53 patients

    Pagina :1284-1290

    Sorina Granovsky-Grisaru, Yeshaya Aboulafia, Yoram Z. Diamant, Mia Horowitz, Ayalah Abrahamov, Ari Zimran

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• • ·Blindness associated with preeclampsia and eclampsia

    Pagina :1291-1298

    F.Gary Cunningham, Carlos O. Fernandez, Cristela Hernandez

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• • ·A comparison of between detailed and simple histories in the diagnosis of genital herpes complicating pregnancy

    Pagina :1299-1303

    Zane A. Brown, Jacqueline K. Benedetti, D.Heather Watts, Stacey Selke, Sylvia Berry, Rhoda L. Ashley, Lawrence Corey

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• • ·Placental passage of the oxytocin antagonist atosiban

    Pagina :1304-1306

    Guillermo J. Valenzuela, Jan Craig, Mark D. Bernhardt, Mary L. Holland

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• • ·Pregnancy outcome after gestational exposure to amiodarone in Canada

    Pagina :1307-1311

    Laura A. Magee, Eugene Downar, Matthew Sermer, Basil C. Boulton, Lynn C. Allen, Gideon Koren

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• • ·Resident data collection: Do the numbers add up?

    Pagina :1312-1316

    Stephen K. Klasko, Robert V. Cummings, Larry R. Glazerman

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• • ·A treatise of midwifry, in three parts

    Pagina :1317-1319

    Fielding Ould

    
• • ·Risk of endometrial hyperplasia progressing to cancer

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    Marvin C. Rulin

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1320

    J.Donald Woodruff, James H. Pickar

    
• • ·Female genital mutilation

    Pagina :1320-1321

    G.J. Lorensen

    
• • ·On prolonged pregnancy

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    Luis A. Cibils

    
• • ·Reply

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    Donald McNellis, Steve N. Caritis

    
• • ·Spurious data collection misleads authors

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    Richard M. Soderstrom

    
• • ·Neurobiology of cocaine binging in pregnancy

    Pagina :1322-1323

    Ernest H. Friedman

    
• • ·Reply

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    Gene Burkett, Salih Yasin

    
• • ·Angina pectoris and myocardial infarction with the use of leuprolife acetate

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    Eddie J. Pierce

    
• • ·Reply

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    Michael J. McCoy

    
• • ·Ovarian cysts in tamoxifen-treated premenopausal women with breast cancer—A management dilemma

    Pagina :1323-1324

    D. Hochner-Celnikier, E. Anteby, S. Yagel

    
• • ·Posterior presentation revisited

    Pagina :1324-1325

    Jorge O. Escamilla

    
• • ·Accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure measurements in preeclampsia

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    Andrews Shennan, Michael de Swiet, Aiden Halligan

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1325-1326

    Martin J. Quinn

    
• • ·Group B streptococcal prophylaxis randomized trials

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    Roberto Matorras, Jose Ignacio Pijoan, Adela García-Perea

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1326-1327

    Arne Ohlsson, Terri L. Myhr

    
• • ·Validity of the postcoital test

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    David A. Grimes

    
• • ·Reply

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    J.M. Eimers

    
• • ·Automated blood pressure measurement in pregnancy

    Pagina :1328

    Eoin O'Brien

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1328-1329

    Gertie F. Marx

    
• • ·Death knell for the contraction stress test?

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    David G. Chaffin

    
• • ·Reply

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    Michael R. Nageotte

    
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• • ·Professional oppurtunities available

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• • ·Index to advertisers

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