The writing of an article about this condition presents considerable difficulties. It is found in a numbet of separate disorders and is not therefore an entity in itself, though a common final mechanism may be typically involved. Moreover, a number of matters are involved about which knowledge is confused, fragmentary or uncertain. It is proposed to consider various aspects of the subject separ...

The three paired abdominal glands, the kidney, the suprarenal gland, and the gonad arise in the embryo from a common fold which later serves to retain the urinary and genital primordia to the dorsal body wall. It is well known that groups of adrenal cortical cells (which may originate as part of the suprarenal primordium) are often found quite distant to the location of the definitive suprarena...

Concentrations of cadmium, cobalt, cupper, iron, manganese and nickel were determined in four organs (liver, gills, ovaries muscles) Acanthopagrus latus, which collected from Iraqi marine waters during the period between November 2010 October 2011. Heavy metals have been by means Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. The fish average weight was 61.2 g length 144 mm. Nickel showed highest values ...

results totally, 101women were evaluated during the study. endometriosis was present at laparoscopy in 58 patients. mean age and the duration of infertility were calculated 30.78 ± 4.79 and 4.2 ± 2.91 years respectively. frequencies of each sonographic finding were as follow: echogenic points (%31.68), ovarian endometrioma (%30.69), blurred ovary margin (%7.92), fixation of ovaries (%15.9), dev...

This study was designed to investigate the effect of environmental factors on the appearance of polycystic ovaries (PCO) during the first two decades of life. Ninety-four female-female twins who underwent a transabdominal ultrasound at the Royal Hospital for Women were sent a questionnaire asking about their birth details, feeding history as a baby, childhood illnesses and vaccination as w...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility. Anovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by the failure of selection of a dominant follicle with arrest of follicle development at the 5-10 mm stage. In an attempt to elucidate the mechanism of anovulation associated with this disorder we have investigated at what follicle size human granulosa cells ...