Oral prostaglandins and amniotomy.

Oral prostaglandins in the induction of labour.

Prostaglandins E(2) and F(2)alpha were administered by mouth to induce labour in 24 patients at or past term. The drugs were administered at two-hourly intervals in doses ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 mg for prostaglandin E(2) and from 5 to 15 mg for prostaglandin F(2)alpha. Of the 10 cases in which prostaglandin E(2) was used, labour was successfully induced in eight and there were no side effects. ...

Prostaglandins

Knowledge of the structure and synthesis of antibodies (immunoglobulins) has developed to a remarkable degree in the last decade. Distinct classes of immunoglobulin (yG, yM, -yA, yD, yE, and their subgroups) have been identified and shown to consist of fixed numbers of light and heavy polypeptide chains organized in pairs. Each polypeptide has a segment of variable amino acid sequence; the spec...

[Prostaglandins].

Prostaglandins and glaucoma.

Human aqueous humour was found to contain a substance which contracted the rat stomach strip. The mean activity was significantly higher in specimens from open angle glaucoma cases than in specimens from patients with cataract. The pharmacological and chromatographic properties of the active material were studied in aqueous humour obtained from cadavers; activity seemed to be due to prostagland...

Prostaglandins and the kidney.