THE DURATION OF EXCRETION OF GONADOTROPIC SUBSTANCE AFTER DELIVERY OF NEAR TERM ABDOMINAL PREGNANCY WITH RETAINED PLACENTA
- 6 August 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 111 (6) , 524
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1938.72790320004011c
Abstract
It is generally assumed that, so long as viable placental tissue remains in contact with the maternal circulation, the excretion of gonadotropic substance in the urine continues, irrespective of death or delivery of the fetus. Ware and Main1reported that, following delivery of a near term abdominal pregnancy with retained placenta, gonadotropic substance continued to be excreted in amounts sufficient to produce ovulation tests on rabbits for thirty-six days. Goldberger and his associates2found that the ovulation test remained positive on the rabbit as long as thirty days after death of the fetus. Eisaman and Ziegler3state that in a case of abdominal pregnancy with retained placenta they were able to obtain positive ovulation tests on rabbits for only eight days after delivery. An infection occurred two weeks after the operation. In order to determine whether the long duration of excretion of gonadotropic substance reported by WareKeywords
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