A number of factors influence the development of tolerance, including the nature, concentration, and mode of Ag presentation to the immune system, as well as the age of the host. The studies were conducted to determine whether immunizing pregnant mice with liposome-encapsulated DNA vaccines had an effect on the immune status of their offspring. Two different plasmids (encoding Ags from HIV-1 an...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the knowledge of, and perception of female undergraduates in the Niger Delta of Nigeria towards Emergency Contraception. METHODS Anonymous self administered questionnaires were applied to randomly selected non-medical female undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt in May 2005. RESULTS Six hundred questionnaires were retrieved out of 610 distributed. The respo...

BACKGROUND Coeliac women may suffer from gynaecological and obstetric complications. It is possible that these complications are the first symptom of coeliac disease. AIMS To investigate the occurrence of subclinical coeliac disease in patients with infertility or recurrent miscarriages. SUBJECTS Women of reproductive age who were attending the hospital because of either primary or secondar...

UNLABELLED Abastract Objective: to discern the profile of the Spanish Emergency Contraceptive users (EC). DESIGN systematic review of contraceptive use in the Spanish population. DATA SOURCE Spanish and international databases, between January 2006 - March 2011. KEYWORDS Contraceptives, Postcoital pills, emergency contraception, levonorgestrel, data collection. STUDY SELECTION original ...

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of prevalence and risk factors of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in an outpatient obstetric and gynaecological population. METHODS A prospective, observational study was performed at an inner city hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. 1368 women attending the outpatient department of obstetrics and gynaecology participated in the study. For detection of C trachomatis infe...

Catecholamines, acetylcholine, and adenosine are known to influence cardiac function, yet the effects of these agents on mammalian embryonic myocardium are largely unknown. To address this issue, we compared the chronotrophic effects of adenosinergic, adrenergic, and muscarinic agents on cultured murine embryos from postcoital day (PC) 8.0, when the fusing heart tubes first begin to beat, to PC...

Although several molecular players have been described that play a role during the early phases of lung development, it is still unknown how the vasculature develops in relation to the airways. Two opposing models describe development of lung vasculature: one suggests that both vasculogenesis and angiogenesis are involved, whereas the second describes vasculogenesis as the primary mechanism. Th...

Abstract Introduction Sexual emergencies in female patients are more common than people think. They represent medical curiosities pathologies for which we should be prepared to treat. This review and the presentation of our cases shows how extensive important is this area practice why every single physician confront them. Gynecologist, surgeons, sexologists, ER physicians familiarized with some...

Current guidelines suggest endometrial biopsy in women ³40 years old with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) as they are at greater risk of hyperplasia (EH) or cancer (EC). In under 40 old, there no clear recommendations regarding biopsy. This should be carefully considered younger due to the associated risks that may affect fertility. We aim study profile EH/EC our population, optimise these high...

Background: Cervical cancer is second most common in women globally. Overall 80% cases occurs developing countries. An important reason for the high incidence of cervical countries lack effective screening programs to detect precancerous conditions and treat before it progresses invasive due severe restrictions on availability infrastructure, resources funding. Aim this study was compare sensit...