Sommario

• • ·Recurrence rate of shoulder dystocia

    Pagina :1369-1371

    David F. Lewis, Robert C. Raymond, Melanie B. Perkins, G.Gary Brooks, Amy R. Heymann

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Interpretation of nonstress tests by an artificial neural network

    Pagina :1372-1379

    Shahar Kol, Israel Thaler, Noam Paz, Oded Shmueli

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Doppler ultrasonography in high-risk pregnancies: Systematic review with meta-analysis

    Pagina :1379-1387

    Zarkok Alfirevic, James P. Neilson

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Fetal weight gain at term: Linear with minimal dependence on maternal obesity

    Pagina :1387-1394

    Gerard G. Nahum, Harold Stanislaw, B.Joyce Huffaker

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Human umbilical vessels: Responses to agents frequently used in obstetric patients

    Pagina :1395-1403

    Michael A. Belfort, George R. Saade, Maya Suresh, David Johnson, Yuri P. Vedernikov

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Comparison of intrauterine hematologic and biochemical values between twin pairs with and without stuck twin syndrome

    Pagina :1403-1410

    Stanley M. Berry, Karoline S. Puder, Sidney F. Bottoms, John E. Uckele, Roberto Romero, David B. Cotton

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·First-trimester nuchal translucency and cardiac septal defects in fetuses with trisomy 21

    Pagina :1411-1413

    Jon A. Hyett, Gonzalo Moscoso, Kypros H. Nicolaides

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Effects of U46619 on intracellular Ca⁺⁺ concentration and tension in human umbilical artery

    Pagina :1414-1421

    Kazuki Toyofuku, Junji Nishimura, Sei Kobayashi, Hitoo Nakano, Hideo Kanaide

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Intrauterine endoscopic creation of urinary tract obstruction in the fetal lamb: A model for fetal surgery

    Pagina :1422-1426

    Jan A. Deprest, François I. Luks, Koen H.E. Peers, Kamiel Vandenberghe, Toni E. Lerut, Ivo A. Brosens, F.André Van Assche

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Assessment of fetal activity and amniotic fluid volume in the prediction of intrauterine infection in preterm prelabor amniorrhexis

    Pagina :1427-1435

    S.G. Carroll, S. Papaioannou, K.H. Nicolaides

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Neural tube defects and elevated homocysteine levels in amniotic fluid

    Pagina :1436-1441

    Régine P. Steegers-Theunissen, Godfried H. Boers, Henk J. Blom, Jan G. Nijhuis, Chris M.G. Thomas, George F. Borm, Tom K. Eskes

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·A new placental enzyme in the metabolism of cocaine: An in vitro animal model

    Pagina :1441-1445

    Bertis B. Little, Daniel A. Roe, R.William Stettler, Van R. Bohman, Kim L. Westfall, Sohrab Sobhi

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·The effect of regular maternal exercise on erythropoietin in cord blood and amniotic fluid

    Pagina :1445-1451

    James F. Clapp, Kathleen D. Little, Sarah K. Appleby-Wineberg, John A. Widness

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Alterations in fetal and placental deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis rates after chronic fetal placental embolization

    Pagina :1451-1458

    Robert Gagnon, Howard Rundle, Laura Johnston, Victor K.M. Han

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Factors affecting fetal growth and body composition

    Pagina :1459-1463

    Patrick M. Catalano, Noreen M. Drago, Saeid B. Amini

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Maternal carbohydrate metabolism and its relationship fetal growth and body composition

    Pagina :1464-1470

    Patrick M. Catalano, Noreen M. Drago, Saeid B. Amini

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Potential route for fetal therapy: Intramembranous absorption of intraamniotically injected furosemide

    Pagina :1471-1476

    William M. Gilbert, Pamela S. Newman, Robert A. Brace

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Role of nitric oxide on vasorelaxation in human umbilical artery

    Pagina :1477-1484

    Hidetaka Izumi, Yasuo Makino, Koichi Shirakawa, R.E. Garfield

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Umbilical arteries of babies born to cigarette smokers generate less prostacyclin and contain less arginine and citrulline compared with those of babies born to control subjects

    Pagina :1485-1487

    Martin R. Ulm, Barbara Plöckinger, Christian Pirich, Ryszard J. Gryglewski, Helmut F. Sinzinger

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Transvaginal ultrasonography of the endometrium in women with postmenopausal bleeding — a Nordic multicenter study

    Pagina :1488-1494

    Bengt Karlsson, Seth Granberg, Matts Wikland, Pekka Ylöstalo, Kiserud Torvid, Karel Marsal, Lil Valentin

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Differences between Occidental and Oriental postmenopausal women in cutoff level of endometrial thickness for endometrial cancer screening by vaginal scan

    Pagina :1494-1495

    Hiroshi Tsuda, Masami Kawabata, Kazume Kawabata, Kumio Yamamoto, Atsuo Hidaka, Naohiko Umesake, Sachio Ogita

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Intratumoral peak systolic velocity as a new possible predictor for detection of adnexal malignancy

    Pagina :1496-1500

    Kohkichi Hata, Toshiyuki Hata, Manabu Kitao

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Ultrasonographically guided transvaginal aspiration of tuboovarian abscesses and pyosalpinges: An optional treatment for acute pelvic inflammatory disease

    Pagina :1501-1503

    Mohamed A. Aboulghar, Ragaa T. Mansour, Gamal I. Serour

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Histocompatibility leukocyte antigens in Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

    Pagina :1504-1505

    Hormoz Dabirashrafi, Kazem Mohammad, Behrouz Nikbin, Nasrin Moghadami Tabrizi, Ahmad Azari

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Interferon gamma inhibits luteinized human granulosa cell steroid production in vitro

    Pagina :1505-1510

    Craig L. Best, Patricia M. Griffin, Joseph A. Hill

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Infertility and early pregnancy loss

    Pagina :1510-1517

    Rosemarie B. Hakim, Ronald H. Gray, Howard Zacur

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist versus agonist administration in women undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation: Cycle performance and in vitro steroidogenesis of granulosa-lutein cells

    Pagina :1518-1525

    Demetrios Minaretzis, Michael M. Alper, Selwyn P. Oskowitz, Susan M. Lobel, Joseph F. Mortola, Spyros N. Pavlou

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Monoclonal antibody X18A4 identifies on oncofetal fibronectin epitope distinct from the FDC-6 binding site

    Pagina :1526-1536

    Ronald F. Feinberg, Harvey J. Kliman, Vahe Bedian, Federico Monzon-Bordonaba, Andrew W. Menzin, Cai-Liang Wang

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·A pilot study of cyclosporine for the prevention of postsurgical adhesion formation in rats

    Pagina :1537-1539

    Mark P. Leondires, Phillip G. Stubblefield, Hector M. Tarraza, Michael A. Jones

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Outcome of the vaginal infections and prematurity study: Results of a clinical trial of erythromycin among pregnant women colonized with group B streptococci

    Pagina :1540-1545

    Mark A. Klebanoff, Joan A. Regan, A. Vijaya Rao, Robert P. Nugent, William C. Blackwelder, David A. Eschenbach, Joseph G. Pastorek, Sterling Williams, Ronald S. Gibbs, J.Chris Carey, Vaginal Infections and Prematurity Study Group

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·A randomized, prospective study of adjunctive ceftizoxime in preterm labor

    Pagina :1546-1552

    Michael Gordon, Philip Samuels, Phillip Shubert, Francee Johnson, Cathy Gebauer, Jay Iams

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Low-dose aspirin in nulliparous women: Safety of continuous epidural block and correlation between bleeding time and maternal-neonatal bleeding complications

    Pagina :1553-1557

    Baha M. Sibai, Steven N. Caritis, Elizabeth Thom, Kathryn Shaw, Donald McNellis, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Network

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Homicide and other injuries as causes of maternal death in New York City, 1987 through 1991

    Pagina :1557-1564

    Andrew L. Dannenberg, Debra M. Carter, Herschel W. Lawson, Diane M. Ashton, Sally Faith Dorfman, Elizabeth H. Graham

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·The use of a modified vaginal pouch for the diagnosis and management of premature rupture of the membranes

    Pagina :1565-1566

    John M. O'Brien, Brian M. Mercer, Baha M. Sibai

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Timing of conception and the risk of spontaneous abortion among pregnancies occurring during the use of natural family planning

    Pagina :1567-1572

    Ronald H. Gray, Joe L. Simpson, Robert T. Kambic, John T. Queenan, Patricio Mena, Alfredo Perez, Michele Barbato

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Endothelin-1 potentiates the in vitro contractile response of pregnant human myometrium to oxytocin

    Pagina :1573-1576

    Guillermo J. Valenzuela, Charles W. Hewitt, Charles A. Ducsay

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Involvement of a nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in control of human uterine contractility during pregnancy

    Pagina :1577-1584

    Irina Buhimschi, Chandrasekhar Yallampalli, Yuan-Lin Dong, Robert E. Garfield

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·The nutritional status and treatment of patients with hyperemesis gravidarum

    Pagina :1585-1591

    Martha E. van Stuijvenberg, Ingrid Schabort, Demetre Labadarios, Johan T. Nel

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Monoclonal antiphosphatidylserine antibody reactivity against human first-trimester placental trophoblasts

    Pagina :1592-1597

    Hiroshi Katsuragawa, Neal S. Rote, Takuya Inoue, Shinji Narukawa, Hideharu Kanzaki, Takahide Mori

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·A model of intrauterine infection and preterm delivery in mice

    Pagina :1598-1603

    Emmet Hirsch, Ichiko Saotome, David Hirsch

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Management of a primary abdominal pregnancy

    Pagina :1603-1604

    Richard W. Dover, Martin C. Powell

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·The essential fatty acid status of mother and child in pregnancy-induced hypertension: A prospective longitudinal study

    Pagina :1605-1614

    Monique D. Al, Adriana C. v. Houwelingen, Anita Badart-Smook, Tom H. Hasaart, Frans J. Roumen, Gerard Hornstra

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and other preprovasoactive intestinal polypeptide-derived peptides in the female and male genital tract: Localization, biosynthesis, and functional and clinical significance

    Pagina :1615-1631

    B. Ottesen, J. Fahrenkrug

    Riassunto Riassunto
• • ·Three cases of extirpation of diseased ovaria

    Pagina :1632-1633

    Ephraim McDowell

    
• • ·Low-dose endotoxin infusion: A new model?

    Pagina :1634

    Fritz K. Beller

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1634-1635

    M.M. Faas, G.A. Schuiling, W.W. Bakker

    
• • ·Correlation of Doppler-detected fetal body movements with fetal heart rate parameters and perinatal outcome: A reevaluation

    Pagina :1635

    Markus Gonser, Klaus Marzusch

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1635-1636

    Lawrence D. Devoe

    
• • ·Laparoscopic surgery: Publication bias and its perils

    Pagina :1636

    Nicholas Kadar

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1636-1637

    Donald R. Smith

    
• • ·Discrepancies in SART (Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology) reporting

    Pagina :1637

    Michael A. Feinman

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1637-1638

    Norbert Gleicher, Zev Rosenwaks

    
• • ·Bacterial vaginosis treatment evaluation before one month is not accurate

    Pagina :1638

    P.-G. Larsson

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1638-1639

    Charles H. Livengood

    
• • ·Transvaginal ultrasonography in the office: The eye on the finger of the gynecologist

    Pagina :1639

    Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch

    
• • ·Prematurity prevention

    Pagina :1639-1640

    Stefan Semchyshyn

    
• • ·“Double-bubble” sign visualized in first-trimester sonogram?

    Pagina :1640

    Beryl Benacerraf

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1640-1641

    Boris Petrikovsky

    
• • ·On the value of the RADIUS (routine antenatal diagnostic imaging with ultrasound) study

    Pagina :1641

    W.Scott Taylor

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1641-1642

    James P. Crane

    
• • ·Intensified versus conventional management of gestational diabetes

    Pagina :1642

    Peter Herbison, Don Wilson

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1642-1643

    Oded Langer

    
• • ·Flawed research does not permit valid inferences about Cu-7 intrauterine contraceptive device

    Pagina :1643

    Miriam Orleans

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1644

    Subir Roy, Colleen Azen

    
• • ·The coexistence of physical and sexual assault

    Pagina :1644

    Celia J. Skinner, Greta Forsler

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1644-1645

    Abbey B. Berenson, Constance M. Wiemann

    
• • ·Gynecology studies group

    Pagina :1645

    Malcolm G. Munro, Craig A. Winkel

    
• • ·Color doppler imaging improves specificity of diagnosis in women with thickened endometrium on transvaginal ultrasonography

    Pagina :1645-1646

    Theodore J. Dubinsky

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1646-1647

    Lil Valentin, Povilas Sladkevicius, Karel Marsal

    
• • ·Mandatory disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus status by surgeons is philosophically and practically counterproductive

    Pagina :1647

    Jeffrey L. Ecker

    
• • ·Human immunodeficiency virus guidelines should be based on science, not hysteria

    Pagina :1647-1648

    Alvin Novick, Neil R. Schram

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1648

    Carson Strong

    
• • ·Successful conservative treatment of placenta percreta

    Pagina :1648-1649

    Richard S. Legro, Frederic V. Price, Steve N. Caritis

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1649

    Richard Jaffe, James R. Woods

    
• • ·Neurobiologic mechanisms of fetal heart rate response to vibroacoustic stimulation

    Pagina :1649

    Ernest H. Friedman

    
• • ·Effects of methotrexate treatment in placenta percreta with urinary bladder wall invasion

    Pagina :1649

    Younes Bakri, Robert Sigman

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1650

    Richard Jaffe, James R. Woods

    
• • ·Laparovaginal hysterectomy: The contemporary alternative to laparotomy for removal of large uteri

    Pagina :1650-1651

    Marco A. Pelosi, Marco A. Pelosi

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1651

    Thomas G. Stovall, Robert L. Summitt

    
• • ·Clear cell adenocarcinoma associated with diethylstilbestrol: “Overripeness ovopathy” as a risk or causal factor?

    Pagina :1651-1652

    Piet H. Jongbloet, Antonius G.J.M. Hanselaar, Jan L. Bernheim

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1652

    Arthur L. Herbst

    
• • ·Cerebral hemodynamics in relation to antihypertensive medication

    Pagina :1652-1653

    V. Serra-Serra, C.W.G. Redman

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1653-1654

    Michael A. Belfort, George R. Saade

    
• • ·Vasopressor prophylaxis of spinal hypotension: Is it necessary?

    Pagina :1654

    David Wlody

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1654-1655

    Susan M. Ramin, Norman F. Gant, Ronald R. Magness

    
• • ·Spironolactone therapy during human pregnancy

    Pagina :1655-1656

    T.D. Groves, B. Corenblum

    
• • ·Transvaginal evisceration after hysterectomy

    Pagina :1656

    John L. Powell

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1656

    Stephen G. Somkuti, Paul A. Vieta

    
• • ·Is withholding antenatal corticosteroids ethical?

    Pagina :1656-1657

    Sarah J. Kilpatrick, Elena A. Gates, Patricia A. Robertson

    
• • ·Reply

    Pagina :1657

    James N. Martin, Everett F. Magann

    
• • ·Books received

    Pagina :1658-1660

    
• • ·Opportunities available

    Pagina :A43

    
• • ·Index to advertisers

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