Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been demonstrated in nerve fibers of the female
genital tract localized in synaptic vesicles. The VIP-containing nerve fibers seem to innervate …

BACKGROUND Prepregnancy overweight increases the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.
Maternal lipid profile plays a key role in the production of pregnancy hormones. The …

Folliculogenesis is the process by which the female germ cell develops within the somatic
cells of the ovary and matures into a fertilizable egg (1, 2). The development of the follicle is …

Peripheral serum levels of unconjugated (E1 and total (tE1) oestrone, unconjugated
oestradiol-17Β, unconjugated (E3) and total (tE3) oestriol, progesterone, unconjugated …

The plasma concentrations of progesterone and 5α-pregnane-3, 20-dione (5α-
dihydroprogesterone) were measured from as early as 12 weeks through 41 weeks of …

The circadian variations in plasma progesterone (P) and LH concentrations were
investigated in six women, aged 23–40 years. All were studied in the mid-luteal phase (7±2 …

Serum progesterone, oestradiol, human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and human
placental lactogen (hPL) were determined serially throughout 27 pregnancies in insulin …

Purification of the radioiodinated progesterone tyrosine methyl ester conjugate by gel
filtration and the development, optimization and clinical validation of a direct …

Total plasma cortisol, the 'cortisol resin uptake ratio'(cortisol RUR), and 'free cortisol
index'(FCI) were estimated in 23 pregnant women from 12 weeks to term and at six weeks …

Dalton's results concerning the beneficial effect of progesterone supplementation in
preventing pre-eclamptic toxaemia [16] and in enhancing intellectual potential [17, 18] were …