The uterine tissue consists of unstriped muscle fibre and ganglia of the sympathetic system imbedded in it. The sacral roots and pelvic nerve do not enter into the composition of the uterine plexus. In the rabbit, irritation of the hypogastric nerve produces vasoconstriction and contraction of the uterus. In cats, stimulation of the hypogastric nerve produces at one time contraction and at othe...

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is used as an antineoplastic drug in the treatment of various cancers and non -cancerous diseases. Ovarian ablation is considered to be effective in delaying recurrence of cancer and increasing survival in young women. When added to chemotherapy, it is less clear that this technique is effective. Uniqueness of the present study is that we used ovariectomized (OVX)...

When carrying out design searches, traditional variable screening techniques can find it extremely difficult to distinguish between important and unimportant variables. This is particularly true when only a small number of simulations is combined with a parameterization which results in a large number of variables of seemingly equal importance. Here the authors present a variable reduction tech...

| The technique of surrogate data provides has been used to test for membership of particular classes of linear systems. Existing algorithms provide non-parametric methods to generate surrogates similar to the data and consistent with a given hypothesis. These non-parametric methods allow a wide range of test statistics to be utilized. We suggest an obvious extension of this to classes of nonli...

A 48-year-old woman presented with abdominal fullness and a palpable "mass" in the left lower quadrant. Ultrasonography showed a large, rounded, hypoechoic mass. Contrast-enhanced helical CT of the abdomen demonstrated a well-circumscribed, heterogeneously but vividly enhancing mass. The uterus had a leiomyomatous configuration on CT. Uterus and mass revealed the same enhancing pattern. Thin se...

Although asymptomatic cases naturally occur, congenital mullerian abnormalities can present with infertility, menstrual irregularity and recurrent pregnancy loss. Women with normal reproductive outcomes and recurrent pregnancy loss exhibit approximately 2-4% and 5-10% incidence of various congenital mullerian abnormalities. Following septate uterus, bicornuate uterus and arcuate uterus, unicorn...

prevalence of abortion is higher in women with autoimmune thyroid disease. in the majority of cases, however, no abnormality of thyroid function is detected despite the high levels of antithyroid antibodies. the direct influence of such harmful autoantibodies in female reproductive organs may serve a role in pregnancy loss. in this study, expression of thyroglobulin in the reproductive tissues ...