Metabolism of progesterone by human endometrium has been described, but the rapidity
and extent of progesterone metabolism is incompletely documented in cellular fractions of …

A 46 XY individual with male pseudohermaphroditism was investigated. The phenotype was
distinctive in that the habitus was female in character, but partial fusion of the labioscrotal …

Although maternal estrogen excretion and plasma estrogen levels are widely used to
assess fetal health, the utility of these tests in lowering perinatal mortality rates has not been …

The regulation of PTH-related protein (PTH-rP) gene expression by human endometrial
stromal cells in monolayer culture was evaluated. 17 beta-Estradiol (E2), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 …

Clitoromegaly was observed in a 73-year-old woman who had bilateral ovarian benign
cystic teratomas that contained only epithelial derivatives. Scattered in the stroma of these …

In this study, the presence of a phospholipase has been demonstrated in the human
chorioamnion and uterine decidua. That the chorioamnionic enzyme is of the phospholipase A 2 …

The present study was undertaken to define the umbilical cord plasma concentrations of
cholesterol throughout human gestation. Mixed arterial and venous cord plasma samples …

The present study was designed to (1) outline, in a prospective manner, vascular
responsiveness to angiotensin II (A-II) in gravidas with essential hypertension and (2) ascertain if …

The extra-adrenal formation of deoxycorticosterone (DOC) from plasma progesterone has
been demonstrated in humans. In those studies it was shown that in some persons the volume …

In the current investigation we sought to evaluate fetal adrenal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
(DS) production during normal human pregnancy. We found that the mean umbilical cord …