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• • ·Table of contents : May 2006

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Societies

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• EDITORIAL

  • ·Welcome to Drs Kilpatrick and Macones

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    Thomas J. Garite, Moon Kim

    
  • ·Neurodevelopmental outcome after laser therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome

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    Kenneth J. Moise

    
  • ·Understanding the effects of SERMs on cardiovascular disease

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    Robert Wild

    
  • ·Unexpected results of an important trial of vitamins C and E administration to prevent preeclampsia

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    Roberto Romero, Thomas J. Garite

    

• EDITORS' CHOICE

  • ·Incidence, origin, and character of cerebral injury in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated with fetoscopic laser surgery

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    Enrico Lopriore, Gerda van Wezel-Meijler, Johanna M. Middeldorp, Marieke Sueters, Frank P. Vandenbussche, Frans J. Walther

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• CLINICAL OPINION

  • ·Preventive ethics for including women of childbearing potential in clinical trials

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    Laurence B. McCullough, John H. Coverdale, Frank A. Chervenak

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  • ·Is vitamin E a safe prophylaxis for preeclampsia?

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    Subhasis Banerjee, Anne E. Chambers, Stuart Campbell

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• REVIEW ARTICLE

  • ·17α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate for the prevention of preterm birth among women at increased risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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    Roberta Mackenzie, Mark Walker, Anthony Armson, Mary E. Hannah

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• IMAGING

  • ·External anal sphincter volume measurements using 3-dimensional endoanal ultrasound

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    W. Thomas Gregory, Sarah Hamilton Boyles, Kimberly Simmons, Amy Corcoran, Amanda L. Clark

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• GENERAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: GYNECOLOGY

  • ·The effect of raloxifene on cardiac autonomic regulation in osteoporotic women

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    Mert Gol, Nezihi Baris, Sema Guneri, Cemal Posaci

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  • ·Women's health 18 years after rupture of the anal sphincter during childbirth: I. Fecal incontinence

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    Daniel L. Faltin, Maria Otero, Patrick Petignat, Michel R. Sangalli, Lucia A. Floris, Michel Boulvain, Olivier Irion

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  • ·Women's health 18 years after rupture of the anal sphincter during childbirth: II. Urinary incontinence, sexual function, and physical and mental health

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    Maria Otero, Michel Boulvain, Francesco Bianchi-Demicheli, Lucia A. Floris, Michel R. Sangalli, Antoine Weil, Olivier Irion, Daniel L. Faltin

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  • ·Lipids in polycystic ovary syndrome: Role of hyperinsulinemia and effects of metformin

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    Beata Banaszewska, Antoni J. Duleba, Robert Z. Spaczynski, Leszek Pawelczyk

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  • ·The risk of hydrosalpinx formation and adnexectomy following tubal ligation and subsequent hysterectomy: A historical cohort study

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    Abraham N. Morse, Clayton B. Schroeder, Javier F. Magrina, Maurice J. Webb, Peter C. Wollan, Barbara P. Yawn

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  • ·The effects of intravaginal clindamycin and metronidazole therapy on vaginal lactobacilli in patients with bacterial vaginosis

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    Paul Nyirjesy, Matthew J. McIntosh, David J. Gattermeir, Robert J. Schumacher, Jana I. Steinmetz, James L. Joffrion

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  • ·Suppressive antibacterial therapy with 0.75% metronidazole vaginal gel to prevent recurrent bacterial vaginosis

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    Jack D. Sobel, Daron Ferris, Jane Schwebke, Paul Nyirjesy, Harold C. Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Peipert, David Soper, Suzanne E. Ohmit, Sharon L. Hillier

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  • ·Contraceptive use and discontinuation: Findings from the contraceptive history, initiation, and choice study

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    Larissa R. Brunner Huber, Carol J. Hogue, Aryeh D. Stein, Carolyn Drews, Miriam Zieman, Joyce King, Susan Schayes

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  • ·Overexpression of kallikrein 10 (hK10) in uterine serous papillary carcinomas

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    Alessandro D. Santin, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Stefania Bellone, Moira Marizzoni, Elisabetta Bandiera, Michela Palmieri, Catherine Papasakelariou, Dionyssios Katsaros, Alexander Burnett, Sergio Pecorelli

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  • ·Mensendieck somatocognitive therapy as treatment approach to chronic pelvic pain: Results of a randomized controlled intervention study

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    Gro K. Haugstad, Tor S. Haugstad, Unni M. Kirste, Siv Leganger, Inger Klemmetsen, Ulrik F. Malt

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• GENERAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLGY: OBSTETRICS

  • ·Venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period: Incidence, risk factors, and mortality

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    Andra H. James, Margaret G. Jamison, Leo R. Brancazio, Evan R. Myers

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  • ·Maternal periodontal disease in early pregnancy and risk for a small-for-gestational-age infant

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    Kim A. Boggess, James D. Beck, Amy P. Murtha, Kevin Moss, Steven Offenbacher

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  • ·Intrinsic racial differences in the risk of cesarean delivery are not explained by differences in caregivers or hospital site of delivery

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    Judith H. Chung, Thomas J. Garite, Adele M. Kirk, Amie L. Hollard, Deborah A. Wing, David C. Lagrew

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  • ·Plurality-dependent risk of severe intraventricular hemorrhage among very low birth weight infants and antepartum corticosteroid treatment

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    Isaac Blickstein, Brian Reichman, Ayala Lusky, Eric S. Shinwell, in collaboration with the Israel Neonatal Network

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  • ·Signaling via the type I IL-1 and TNF receptors is necessary for bacterially induced preterm labor in a murine model

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    Emmet Hirsch, Yana Filipovich, Mala Mahendroo

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  • ·Lowering the dose of antenatal steroids: The effects of a single course of betamethasone on somatic growth and brain cell proliferation in the rat

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    Matteo Bruschettini, Daniël L.A. van den Hove, Diego Gazzolo, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Carlos E. Blanco

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  • ·Elevated maternal levels of the long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction

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    Irene Cetin, Veronica Cozzi, Fabio Pasqualini, Manuela Nebuloni, Cecilia Garlanda, Luca Vago, Giorgio Pardi, Alberto Mantovani

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  • ·Early and late onset fetal microphthalmia

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    Shraga Blazer, Etan Z. Zimmer, Eedy Mezer, Moshe Bronshtein

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  • ·Maternal characteristics and cervical length in the prediction of spontaneous early preterm delivery in twins

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    Meekai S. To, Eduardo B. Fonseca, Francisca S. Molina, Ana M. Cacho, Kypros H. Nicolaides

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  • ·Bacteriuria in pregnant women with sickle cell trait

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    Andrea Ries Thurman, Lisa L. Steed, Thomas Hulsey, David E. Soper

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  • ·Annexin A5 levels in midtrimester amniotic fluid: Association with intrauterine growth restriction

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    Peter Van Eerden, Xiao-Xuan Wu, Cynthia Chazotte, Jacob H. Rand

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  • ·Endothelin and platelet-activating factor: Significance in the pathophysiology of ischemia/reperfusion-induced fetal growth restriction in the rat

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    Larry G. Thaete, Mark G. Neerhof

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  • ·Effect of magnesium sulfate on contractile force and intracellular calcium concentration in pregnant human myometrium

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    Victor P. Fomin, Shawn G. Gibbs, Ram Vanam, Akira Morimiya, William W. Hurd

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  • ·Mifepristone-induced cervical ripening: Structural, biomechanical, and molecular events

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    Kelley Clark, Huiling Ji, Helen Feltovich, Jessie Janowski, Colleen Carroll, Edward K. Chien

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• TRANSACTIONS FROM THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN UROGYNECOLOGIC SOCIETY

  • ·Nocturic frequency is related to severity of obstructive sleep apnea, improves with continuous positive airways treatment

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    Mary P. FitzGerald, Molly Mulligan, Sairam Parthasarathy

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  • ·Skeletal muscle heavy-chain polypeptide 3 and myosin binding protein H in the pubococcygeus muscle in patients with and without pelvic organ prolapse

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    Andrew F. Hundley, Lingwen Yuan, Anthony G. Visco

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  • ·Effect of patient age on increasing morbidity and mortality following urogynecologic surgery

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    Vivian W. Sung, Sherry Weitzen, Eric R. Sokol, Charles R. Rardin, Deborah L. Myers

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  • ·Mesh erosion in abdominal sacral colpopexy with and without concomitant hysterectomy

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    Jennifer M. Wu, Ellen C. Wells, Andrew F. Hundley, AnnaMarie Connolly, Kathryn S. Williams, Anthony G. Visco

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  • ·Microscopic hematuria as a predictive factor for detecting bladder cancer at cystoscopy in women with irritative voiding symptoms

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    Jennifer M. Wu, Kathryn S. Williams, Andrew F. Hundley, Mary L. Jannelli, Anthony G. Visco

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  • ·Levator plate angle in women with pelvic organ prolapse compared to women with normal support using dynamic MR imaging

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    Yvonne Hsu, Aimee Summers, Hero K. Hussain, Kenneth E. Guire, John O.L. Delancey

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  • ·Recurrent stress incontinence is associated with decreased neuromuscular function in the striated urethral sphincter

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    Kimberly Kenton, Sangeeta Mahajan, Mary Pat FitzGerald, Linda Brubaker

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  • ·The relationship between anterior and apical compartment support

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    Aimee Summers, Lisa A. Winkel, Hero K. Hussain, John O.L. DeLancey

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  • ·Comparison of autologous rectus fascia and cadaveric fascia in pubovaginal sling continence outcomes

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    Nancy S. Howden, Halina M. Zyczynski, Pamela A. Moalli, Elizabeth R. Sagan, Leslie A. Meyn, Anne M. Weber

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  • ·Anal sphincter defects and bowel symptoms in women with and without recognized anal sphincter trauma

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    Catherine M. Nichols, Marie Nam, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Elizabeth H. Lamb, Nancy Currie

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  • ·Women seeking treatment for advanced pelvic organ prolapse have decreased body image and quality of life

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    J. Eric Jelovsek, Matthew D. Barber

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  • ·Posterior vaginal sling experience in elderly patients yields poor results

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    T. Fleming Mattox, Susan Moore, Edward J. Stanford, Benjie B. Mills

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  • ·Magnetic resonance imaging of the levator ani in the squirrel monkey: A comparison of muscle volume between a cohort with pelvic organ prolapse and matched normals

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    Lori A. Kramer, Jil M. Gendron, Lisa M. Pierce, Val M. Runge, Bobby L. Shull, Thomas J. Kuehl

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  • ·Biomechanical characterization of vaginal versus abdominal surgical wound healing in the rabbit

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    Yoram Abramov, Antonio R. Webb, Jay-James R. Miller, Adeeb Alshahrour, Sylvia M. Botros, Roger P. Goldberg, Guillermo A. Ameer, Peter K. Sand

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  • ·The incidence of ureteral obstruction and the value of intraoperative cystoscopy during vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

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    A. Marcus Gustilo-Ashby, J. Eric Jelovsek, Matthew D. Barber, Eun-Hee Yoo, Marie Fidela R. Paraiso, Mark D. Walters

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  • ·Outcomes with porcine graft placement in the anterior vaginal compartment in patients who undergo high vaginal uterosacral suspension and cystocele repair

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    Thomas L. Wheeler, Holly E. Richter, Angela G. Duke, Kathryn L. Burgio, David T. Redden, R. Edward Varner

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  • ·Responsiveness of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ) in women undergoing vaginal surgery and pessary treatment for pelvic organ prolapse

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    Matthew D. Barber, Mark D. Walters, Geoffrey W. Cundiff, the PESSRI Trial Group

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• LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

  • ·Sex hormone-binding globulin – A surrogate marker for the prothrombic effects of combined oral contraceptives

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    M. van Rooijen, A. Silveira, A. Hamsten, K. Bremme

    
  • ·Editors' note

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  • ·Prophylactic antibiotics in cesarean section

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    William J. Ledger

    
  • ·Reply

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    John C. Morrison

    
  • ·Keepsake Ultrasounds: More than just another pretty face

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    F. Rex Nielsen

    
  • ·Reply

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    Frank A. Chervenak, Laurence B. McCullough

    
  • ·Unsuccessful attempt to demonstrate progesterone's bone formation actions

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    Jerilynn C. Prior, F. Tremollieres, S. Forsmo, V. Seifert-Klauss

    
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    James H. Liu

    
  • ·Dissection bias in subperitoneal pelvic anatomy

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    Michael Höckel, Helga Fritsch

    
  • ·Reply

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    Yoshihiko Yabuki, Hiromasa Sasaki, Noboru Hatakeyama, Gen Murakami

    

• RESIDENTS' PAPERS

  • ·Are women who are treated for hypothyroidism at risk for pregnancy complications?

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    Tina O. Tan, Yvonne W. Cheng, Aaron B. Caughey

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  • ·Significance of accidental extensions in the lower uterine segment during cesarean delivery

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    Lesley de la Torre, Víctor Hugo González-Quintero, Kathleen Mayor-Lynn, Loren Smarkusky, M. Camille Hoffman, Amanda Saab, Makbib Diro

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  • ·Manual rotation of the fetal occiput: Predictors of success and delivery

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    Brian L. Shaffer, Yvonne W. Cheng, Juan E. Vargas, Russell K. Laros, Aaron B. Caughey

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  • ·Face presentation: Predictors and delivery route

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    Brian L. Shaffer, Yvonne W. Cheng, Juan E. Vargas, Russell K. Laros, Aaron B. Caughey

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  • ·Utility of Acute Physiology, Age, and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE III) score in maternal admissions to the intensive care unit

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    Tobey A. Stevens, Mary A. Carroll, Pamela A. Promecene, Marilyn Seibel, Manju Monga

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  • ·Women with one elevated 3-hour glucose tolerance test value: Are they at risk for adverse perinatal outcomes?

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    G. Blake McLaughlin, Yvonne W. Cheng, Aaron B. Caughey

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  • ·Retrospective cohort study of surgical staging for ovarian low malignant potential tumors

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    Shana N. Wingo, Lynne M. Knowles, Kelley S. Carrick, David S. Miller, John O. Schorge

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  • ·Use of Resveratrol to improve the effectiveness of cisplatin and doxorubicin: Study in human gynecologic cancer cell lines and in rodent heart

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    Youssef A. Rezk, Sujata S. Balulad, Rebecca S. Keller, James A. Bennett

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  • ·Loss of communication in ovarian cancer

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    Chris R. Toler, Douglas D. Taylor, Cicek Gercel-Taylor

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  • ·Trends in weight gain during pregnancy: A population study across 16 years in North Carolina

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    Eric Helms, Carol C. Coulson, Shelley L. Galvin

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  • ·Effects of menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive use on serum levels of lipid-soluble antioxidants

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    Prabhudas R. Palan, Amy T. Magneson, Monique Castillo, James Dunne, Magdy S. Mikhail

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  • ·Perinatal complications among different Asian-American subgroups

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    Anjali K. Rao, Yvonne W. Cheng, Aaron B. Caughey

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  • ·Characteristics of patients with abnormal glucose challenge test and normal oral glucose tolerance test results: Comparison with normal and gestational diabetic patients

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    Munira Dudhbhai, Louis Lim, Allan Bombard, Kell Juliard, Bhillakar Meenakshi, Yelena Trachelenberg, Zeev Weiner

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  • ·Glucose challenge test threshold values in screening for gestational diabetes among black women

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    Sarah Friedman, Fady Khoury-Collado, Mudar Dalloul, David M. Sherer, Ovadia Abulafia

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• CONSULTANTS FOR THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

  • ·Consultants for the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2005

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