Premature shortening of the cervix, or short cervix, is the most predictive risk factor for
preterm birth. Results of clinical studies of interventions to prevent preterm birth have shown …

Objective To test the hypothesis that the hydatid parasite infecting macropods and dingoes
in Queensland is a sylvatic strain of Echinococcus granulosus, distinct from the domestic …

BACKGROUND: Since gestogens, in the form of hormonal substitution therapy, have been
proposed to have a role in the prevention of threatened spontaneous abortions during the …

The prevention of preterm birth should be one of the major aims of antenatal care.
Unfortunately, identification of women who will subsequently deliver preterm is imprecise …

A preterm birth is one that occurs between fetal viability and 37 completed weeks of
gestation. Delivery of a previable conceptus represents a spontaneous abortion rather than …

Recurrent pregnancy loss is a catastrophic malady affecting 1-3% of couples during
pregnancy (Roth, 1963; Warburton and Fraser, 1963). In the United States, recurrent …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate an association between low human chorionic gonadotrophin
(hCG) levels at the end of the first week of implantation and later clinical miscarriage …

Objective. Evaluation of an outpatient 17 α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P)
administration programme. Methods. A retrospective analysis of data collected from patients …

Preterm birth is a major public-health problem in the USA, which has higher rates of preterm
birth than most other developed countries. Attempts at the prevention of preterm birth have …

Introduction The neurosteroid allopregnanolone modulates oxytocin expression in the brain,
and its effects arise from its action on the GABAA receptor. Whether neurosteroid levels and …