Myometrium
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Preterm birth (PTB) is a major public health problem, with a global prevalence of 9.6% and over a million annual neonatal deaths. In a mouse model of preterm labor (PTL) induced by intravaginal administration of a subclinical dose of... more
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are important in pregnancy, fetal development and parturition. We measured free fatty acids (FFA), albumin and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the maternal and fetal circulations of women undergoing elective... more
Summary. The existing data on the hormonal factors involved in human parturition indicate that the steroid hormones, progesterone and the oestrogens, play only a facilitatory role in the initiation of labour. A definite role for fetal... more
The presence of fatty tissue in the myometrium is anomalous; this alteration has been interpreted either as a lipomatous degeneration or as a metaplasia of smooth muscle cells or, still, as a real neoplasm, frequently associated with a... more
This study was undertaken to identify the molecular basis of an arrest of descent.Human myometrium was obtained from women in term labor (TL; n = 29) and arrest of descent (AODes; n = 21). Gene expression was characterized using Illumina... more
To survey all gynaecologists in Canada to determine the number who perform or offer the laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) procedure, the barriers that deter gynaecologists from performing or offering LM, and to understand the perceptions and... more