BACKGROUND In adult women, the circulating level of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a novel marker of ovarian function, as it reflects the number of remaining ovarian follicles. Therefore, AMH has gained widespread attention in fertility clinics, and a low AMH is believed to predict impaired fertility and imminent menopause. However, the natural course of circulating AMH levels during female ch...

IT MAY BE CONCLUDED THAT, UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXPERIMENTS: 1. The inhibiting action on homologous fibroblasts of the heated serum of a young animal increases relatively more than that of an old animal. After it has been heated, the inhibiting action of the serum of the old animal is still greater than that of the young animal. 2. The CO(2) precipitate obtained from the serum of a young ...

Gifts that support a worthy cause (i.e., ‘‘gifts that give twice’’), such as a charitable donation in the recipient’s name, have become increasingly popular. Recipients generally enjoy the idea of these gifts, which not only benefit others in need but also make individuals feel good about themselves. But do givers accurately predict appreciation of these types of gifts? Across three studies, we...

The existence of durable goods implies that the welfare flow from consumption cannot be directly associated with total consumption expenditures. As a result, tests of standard theories of consumption (such as the Permanent Income Hypothesis, or PIH) typically focus on nondurable goods and services. Specifically, these studies generally relate real consumption of nondurable goods and services to...

OBJECTIVE To determine the age specific serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) reference values in Korean women with regular menstruation. METHODS Between May, 2010 and January, 2011, the serum AMH levels were evaluated in a total of 1,298 women who have regular menstrual cycles aged between 20 and 50 years. Women were classified into 6 categories by age: 20-31 years, 32-34 years, 35-37 years, 38...

George has had more than his share of such Indiana Jones-style adventures. He kept a constant vigil at the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad during the Gulf War, catching a nap in the cellar in between air raids; he organized opposition to the truckloads of armed looters who scoured the countryside in the mid-1990s; and he later survived a brutal assault by an unknown assailant. All the while, George has...

Syntheses of melanostatin and feldamycin have been completed from L-serine and L-threonine, respectively, and the configuration of unknown asymmetric carbons determined. Feldamycin analogs have also been prepared and the L-tryptophyl analog was the most potent in the depigmentation of Streptomyces bikiniensis and B16 melanoma cells.

Objective: The goal of this study was to examine regional variation in use of minimally invasive surgical (MIS) operations. Summary Background Data: Regional variation exists in performance of surgical operations. Variation in the use of MIS has not been studied. Methods: Five operations that are performed open or MIS were selected: cholecystectomy, appendectomy, colectomy, antireflux, and bari...

In order to study the nigrostriatal pathway, we obtained the rotatory behavior model in male Wistar rats by electrolytic lesion of the left lateral hypothalamic region. Animals thus lesioned displayed rotations toward the same side of lesion when apomorphine was administered, a result in disagreement with what has been obtained in the model with 6-hydroxydopamine lesion. The administration of P...