Ovulation and its Disorders

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ultrasonic and endocrinologic monitoring of follicular growth during spontaneous and clomiphene stimulated cycles....Pages 3-6
The use of ultrasonography to detect ovulation....Pages 7-12
Ultrasound versus laparoscopy in the diagnosis of the LUF syndrome....Pages 13-19
Radioimmunoassay of progesterone in human saliva....Pages 21-25
Serum progesterone levels as a criterion of ovulation....Pages 27-29
How unexplained is the unexplained cause of infertility?....Pages 31-36
Opioid peptides effects on female fertility....Pages 37-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Concentration of prostaglandin F in human peripheral venous plasma and in corpus luteum....Pages 45-48
Estimation of corpus luteum function using follicular phase plasma progesterone concentration....Pages 49-52
Analysis of luteal insufficiency in infertile women....Pages 53-57
Causes of plasma progesterone concentrations above the ‘normal’ range in the preovulatory phase....Pages 59-62
Premenstrual progesterone levels in menstrual cycles with short luteal phases....Pages 63-65
The trapped ovum — biochemical, ultrasonic and laparoscopic findings....Pages 67-71
Hormonal concentrations of serum and peritoneal fluid of women with unexplained infertility (LUF syndrome)....Pages 73-78
Origin of low peritoneal fluid steroid concentrations in the luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome....Pages 79-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Stimulation of prolactin secretion by cimetidine, a histamine H 2 -receptor antagonist, in women....Pages 87-92
Effect of a dopamine agonist and metoclopramide on gonadotrophin release....Pages 93-98
Prolactin and receptor capacity of the human corpus luteum....Pages 99-103
Discrepancy of endometrial dating in the mid-luteal phase of hyperprolactinaemic women....Pages 105-107
Methergoline therapy of amenorrhoea and sterility in women with normal prolactin secretion....Pages 109-111
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Long-term follow up of the female hyperprolactinaemic syndrome treated with bromocriptine....Pages 113-116
Metergoline and bromocriptine in the management of tumoural and idiopathic hyperprolactinaemia....Pages 117-121
Clomiphene citrate and bromocriptine versus placebo in the treatment of idiopathic infertile couples....Pages 123-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Induction of ovulation in hypothalamic amenorrhoea with gonadotrophin releasing hormone....Pages 131-134
Induction of ovulation with purified urinary FSH in patients affected by PCOS....Pages 135-138
Induction of ovulation with the anti-oestrogen tamoxifen....Pages 139-142
Prednisolone-clomiphene treatment in patients who fail to respond to clomiphene — role of prednisolone....Pages 143-146
Serum oestradiol values after extended clomiphene citrate therapy....Pages 147-151
Sex ratio of infants born following induction of ovulation....Pages 153-155
Monitoring ovulation induction with hMG/hCG by oestrogen determination and ultrasonography....Pages 157-161
A comparison of two methods for monitoring gonadotrophin therapy....Pages 163-166
Repetitivity and therapy of luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome....Pages 167-171
Antibiotic therapy for luteal phase defect and premenstrual syndrome....Pages 173-179
Back Matter....Pages 181-185