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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Is the human chorionic gonadotrophin secreted by ectopic trophoblast different from that in normal intrauterine pregnancies? |
Author: | Buck, R. Moodley, J. Norman, R. |
Citation: | Fertility and Sterility, 1995; 64(4):724-729 |
Publisher: | American Fertility Society |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
ISSN: | 0015-0282 1556-5653 |
Abstract: | <h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether different isoforms of hCG are secreted by trophoblast tissue from ectopic pregnancy (EP).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective study of surgically confirmed EPs compared with normal pregnancies.<h4>Setting</h4>Teaching hospital in South Africa.<h4>Patients</h4>One hundred patients with EPs and 120 patients with normal pregnancies.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Isoforms of hCG were measured by specific immunoassays, lectin binding, and examination of disappearance rates of hCG after surgical clearance of EP.<h4>Results</h4>There were no obvious differences between the two types of pregnancy apart from a lower binding of beta-subunit immunoactivity to ricin 120. No clinically useful diagnostic measures to distinguish hCG from normal and EPs were found.<h4>Conclusions</h4>No obvious differences were found in the isoforms of hCG between the two types of pregnancy using these methods. |
Keywords: | Trophoblasts Blood Urine Humans Pregnancy, Ectopic Chorionic Gonadotropin Lectins Immunoassay Postoperative Period Chromatography Retrospective Studies Pregnancy Isomerism Reference Values Female |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)57846-7 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57846-7 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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