Expression of messenger ribonucleic acid for epidermal growth factor receptor and its ligands, epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha, in human first- and second-trimester fetal ovary and uterus
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Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor appears to be present in the fetal ovary and uterus at different stages of development. EGF receptor is a receptor for both EGF and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha). A study examined the presence of mRNA for EGF receptor, EGF and TGF-alpha in fetal ovarian and uterine tissue at 10-, 15-, 19- and 22-weeks of development. mRNA for EGF receptor was found in both ovarian and uterine tissue at all four stages of development. mRNA for TGF-alpha was present in ovarian tissue at all four stages of development, but it was not found in uterine tissue at any stage of development. mRNA for EGF was found in both uterine and ovarian tissue at all four stages of development.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1993
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Temporal trends in the rates of trial of labor in low-risk pregnancies and their impact on the rates and success of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery
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A study is conducted to determine whether the decline in the vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rate is due to temporal changes in the trial of labor rates or in the vaginal birth after cesarean delivery success rates. It is suggested that the decline in the vaginal birth after cesarean delivery rates can be due to a decline in trial of labor attempts and not due to a change in vaginal birth after cesarean delivery success rates, thus suggesting a rapid change in the perception of optimal treatment practices for these patients by obstetricians.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2006
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Increasing prepregnancy body mass index: Analysis of trends and contributing variables
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A study of prepregnancy body mass indexes (BMI) in women who have become pregnant to analyze the trends and contributing variables is presented. An increase toward higher prepregnancy BMIs across multiple subgroups of patients who delivered was found.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2005
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