Asthmatic patients have a specific patterm of airway inflamation that underlies the clinical features. Corticosteroids known to be useful for controling asthma and have a mojor effect in reducting inflammation of the airway well, suppress the expression of various genes in the airway inflamation and repair the bronhial hyperresponsiveness. However, a few asthmatic patients show a poor or absent…
Objective: To assess the effect of combined chemotherapy on levels of Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH). Metbod: This is a prospective cohort study on 12 non-gyne-cologic cancer women aged 20 - 40 years who received combined chemotherapy treatment. AMH levels and menstrual pattern before and after three months of chemotherapy were examined. The rela-tionships between age, chemotherapy regimens and …
To determine correlation between progesterone level on day hCG with encometrial receptivity on day embryo transfer (ET). This is cross sectional diagnostic study.which is done to 55 patients undergoing IVF in Yasmin Clinic Dr. CiptoMangunkusumo Hospital between January –November 2008. Progester-one level on day hCG was measured Endometrial receptivity was calculated as uterine artery pulsatil…
The concept of seizure threshold holds that everyone has a certain balance between excitatory and inhibitory forces in brain. A low seizure threshold makes it easies for epilepsy to develop and easier for someone to elicit singl sezure. The opposing effects of estrogen (proconvulsant) and progesterone (anticonvulsant) on seizure threshold have been noted in animal and human studies. Eastrogen …