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Open AccessSexual functioning in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: exploring the relevance of an underlying polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-phenotype
To study sexual function and distress in women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) compared to women with FHA and an underlying polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-phenotype, considering also their psyc...
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Carbonation and Sweet Taste Dysgeusia with Topiramate Therapy for Migraine Prevention Treatment: a Case Report
Migraine is a common disorder with a reported prevalence of up to 12% in the European general population. It has been shown to cause a reduction in quality of life with symptoms that range from headaches, naus...
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The role of fetal autopsy and placental examination in the causes of fetal death: a retrospective study of 132 cases of stillbirths
To investigate the most plausible cause of stillbirth by evaluating clinical records and postmortem examination findings including placental analysis.
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Uterine vascularization and pregnancy outcome in patients undergoing intracytoplasmatic sperm injection: The role of nitric oxide
Purpose: To evaluate whether, after pituitary desensitisation, the impedance to flow in the uterine vessels may be an indicator of an ICSI programme outcome, and to test the relationship ...
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33 Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infections in a North Italian Area
Background Group B streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of early-onset infections (EOI) in the developed world. Few data are available in Europe about incidence and clinical findings of neonatal disease. W...
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Clinical applications of nimesulide in pain, arthritic conditions and fever
In comparison with conventional NSAIDs (with COX-1 as well as COX-2 inhibitory effects) and the coxibs, nimesulide has been shown in a large number of studies to be equivalent to, or in some cases more effecti...
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Embryonic Production of Nitric Oxide and Its Role in Implantation: A Pilot Study
Purpose : To investigate the ability of human embryos to produce nitric oxide (NO) and correlate its production with embryo quality and pregnancy rate.
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Psychoneuroendocrine correlates of secondary amenorrhea
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New perspectives on the treatment of premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder
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Effects of gestational or neonatal treatment with alpha-difluoromethylornithine on ornithine decarboxylase and polyamines in develo** rat brain and on adult rat neurochemistry
Pregnant rats were treated for five consecutive days during gestation with s.c. injections of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO). Treatment beginning at gestationa...
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β-ENDORPHIN SECRETION IS NOT INFLUENCED BY HYPERGLYCEMIA OR HYPERINSULINEMIA IN OBESE CHILDREN
An increased opioidergic tone has been demonstrated in obese subjects and ascribed to the metabolic derangements of obesity. Based on the different beta-endorphin (β-EP) responses to oral (OGTT) and intravenou...
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BASAL AND STIMULATED ALPHA-MSH PLASMA LEVELS THROUGHOUT PUBERTY
a-Melanocyte-stimulating-hormone (a-MSH) is a peptide derived from a two steps cleavage of Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and produced in adults by a residual zona of the original intermediate lobe. It has recent...
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Central beta-endorphin system involvement in the reaction to acute tonic pain
The involvement of the beta-endorphin (B-EP) system during acute prolonged (tonic) pain was investigated by biochemical and behavioral approaches in freely-moving rats after subcutaneous injection of a small a...
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Plasma beta-endorphin and beta-lipotropin levels increase in well trained athletes after competition and non competitive exercise
Plasma ß-endorphin (ß-EP) and ß-lipotropin (ß-LPH) levels were measured in 15 healthy trained marathon runners. These hormones were evaluated in two different conditions: 1 — before (1 h) and after a marathon ...
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Effects of bromocriptine on pituitary and adrenal cortex in pre-adrenarchal rabbits
The effect of bromocriptine on the morphological picture and steroid content of the adrenal gland, and on certain pro-opiomelanocortin (C) peptides in the pituitary gland was evaluated in preadrenarchal rabbit...
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b-Endorphin and Reproduction: Evidence for Ovarian Participation
Many studies have accumulated on the Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) family of peptides since they appear to be involved in various physiological processes. b-Endorphin (b-EP) in particular displays either neurotra...
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Dopaminergic Modulation of Pituitary Alpha-N-Acetyl-Transferase Activity and Adrenarche
In many mammals including man and dogs (1), adrenarche is a key step in sexual development. However, the mechanisms triggering this process still remain unclear.
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Lack of clinical-EEG effects of naloxone injection on infantile spasms
In a previous study we found depressed ACTH and normal beta-endorphin values in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with West's syndrome, whereas normal peptide levels were present in infants with seecondary I...
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Plasma β-endorphin, free fatty acids and blood lipid changes in type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetic patients
A lipolytic activity for β-endorphin (βEP) has been recently suggested both in vitro and in vivo. In our study we evaluated the relationship between βEP and blood lipid pattern in Type 2 (non-insulin dependent) d...
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Progesterone and Progestins Modulate Hypothalamic and Pituitary β-Endorphin
Gonadal steroids and neuropeptides interact in the central nervous system in some mechanisms regulating reproductive functions. The activity of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) and of peptidergic ...
