Volume 53, Number 11, November 2008

  Editorial
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Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
 
 
 


  Original Articles
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Ronald Beesley, M.D., Naomi Trevino, M.D., Michael Smyth, M.D., Claire Gould, M.D., and Randal Robinson, M.D.
Qualitative and quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin assays of vaginal fluid are not useful in detecting the presence of ruptured amniotic membranes in term pregnancies.
 
 


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Hector O. Chapa, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
In-office Thermachoice III endometrial ablations can be performed in the physician�s office with low patient pain scores, high patient satisfaction and no serious adverse events.
 
 


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Stuart Shippey, M.D., Robert E. Gutman, M.D., Lieschen H. Quiroz, M.D., and Victoria L. Handa, M.D.
A survey of the American Urogynecologic Society membership suggests widely varying practice patterns in the surgical management of cystocele.
 
 


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Susan A. Ballagh, M.D., and Adair Heyl, Ph.D.
Cycle-related symptoms significantly affect women�s lives. With a plethora of options, clinicians must use active listening and probing questions to develop a therapeutic partnership to improve their patients� quality of life.
 
 


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Janelle Luk, M.D., and John C. Petrozza, M.D.
A total of 66 agencies listed on the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) website were reviewed, and a significant percentage of agencies do not abide by the established ASRM guidelines.
 
 


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Mohammad Amin Kashef, M.D., Alamtaj Samsami Dehaghani, M.D., Sirous Naeimi, M.Sc., Mohammad Javad Fattahi, M.Sc., and Abbas Ghaderi, Ph.D.
Polymorphisms of IL-18 promoter do not confer susceptibility to gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTDs) in the Iranian population, whereas the IL-18 serum level increases in GTDs and normal pregnancy.
 
 


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Daniel T. Robrecht, M.D., Jeffrey Millegan, M.D., Lynn L. Leventis, M.D., M.P.H., Jo-Bette A. Crescitelli, R.N., and Robert N. McLay, M.D., Ph.D.
The relationship between deployment of a military spouse during or after pregnancy and postpartum depression screening status was assessed.
 
 


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Sung Il Jung, M.D., Min Hoan Moon, M.D., Jeong-Ah Kim, M.D., Mi Jin Song, M.D., Young Jun Kim, M.D., and Young Ho Lee, M.D.
The severe sonographic vesicular appearance of a complete hydatidiform mole is rarely present in the early first trimester.
 
 


  Case Reports
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Anna V. Hoekstra, M.D., J. Julie Kim, Ph.D., Pacita Keh, M.D., and Julian C. Schink, M.D.
Combination oral contraceptive pills may stimulate clonal expansion of endometrial cells that lack progesterone receptors, leading to endometrial adenocarcinoma unresponsive to progestin therapy.
 
 


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Lilly Varghese, M.D., Alice George, M.D., and Marie Therese Manipadam, M.D.
A Bartholin gland abscess was diagnosed as a paravaginal defect with an enterocele. Imaging in uncommon forms of genital prolapse will help avoid such diagnostic errors.
 
 


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Ming C. Tsai, M.D., Alisa Arunamata, B.A., Sigrid Tristan, M.D., and Hugh W. Randall, M.D.
Sonographic features of endometrial osseous metaplasia are nonspecific and may resemble an intrauterine device; awareness of this condition is important for correct diagnosis of this rare disorder.
 
 


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Joshua P. Kesterson, M.D., Tiffany Justice, M.D., Margarita Terrassa, M.D., and Christine Cook, M.D.
This case report summarizes the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of a woman with an abdominal wall endometrioma within a cesarean delivery skin incision scar.
 
 


  Abstracts
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