Approximately one of every three to five women with migraine without aura experience migraine attacks in relation to menstruation. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition provides appendix diagnoses for pure and menstrually related migraine without aura that need further validation. Probands with menstrual migraine might have more affected relatives than probands wit...

The sexual identity and self-esteem of women is closely linked with their reproductive capability. This relationship is reinforced by social expectations concerning the female role [1]. The feeling of incapacity to fulfill their socially accepted function, which encompasses menstruation, sexual relations and motherhood, is seriously damaging to the self-image of females. Disfiguring gynaecologi...

an unthought-of pinnacle of success and his system beats all other methods of treatment by suggestion or indeed anything else clean out of the field. Nine-tenths of his book is taken up with illustrative cases of cures, and we read with wonder of chronic eczemas, diabetes, disorders of menstruation, and even new growths disappearing at the word of command. Nor is surgery forgotten, for haemorrh...

Most women experience some physical and psychological changes from a few days to two weeks before the onset of a menstrual syndrome, which is called premenstrual syndrome. This syndrome involves a series of symptoms including depression, panic, change in sleep pattern, memory disorders, irritability and early suffering, anxiety, weight gain, appetite changes, etc. [1]. These symptoms can be see...

In women, a single dose of the antiprogestin mifepristone (RU486) in the secretory phase rapidly renders the endometrium unreceptive and is followed by endometrial breakdown and menstruation within 72 h. This model provides a system to identify progesterone-regulated genes, which may be involved in endometrial receptivity and the induction of menstruation. We used cDNA microarrays to monitor th...

Copyright © 2011. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Endometriosis, one of the most common gynecologic disorders, is broadly defi ned as the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal cells outside the uterine cavity, associated with symptoms of dysmenorrhea, dyspaureunia, chronic pelvic pain and subfertility. But, the etiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis remain obscure. Theor...

Nitric oxide (NO) is a major paracrine mediator of various biological processes, including vascular functions and inflammation. In blood vessels, NO is produced by the low-input constitutive endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and is a potent vasodilator and platelet aggregation inhibitor. The inducible NOS isoform (iNOS) is capable of producing NO at high concentrations which have pro-inflammatory ...