For years some ecologists have been convinced that pesticides are contributing to a decline in amphibian species around the globe. From an apparent epidemic of deformed frogs in Minnesota to the near disappearance of yellow-legged frogs from California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, pesticides have been considered prime suspects. This suspicion is no doubt rooted in the belief by the ecological com...

the objective of this study was to examine the correlation between both midfollicular fsh/lh ratio and number(s) of follicles with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos). this was carried out in ivf unit at mirza kouchak khan hospital. to induce ovulation, pcos patients were stimulated with gonadotropines. fifty four pcos patients with norma...

The adrenogenital syndrom e is a result of the deficiency of one of the enzymes involved in the pathway leading to the synthesis of cortisol by the adrenal cortex. Laboratory evaluation of the adrenogenital syndrome involves m easurem ent of horm ones and metabolites accum ulated prior to the enzymic block as well as hormones whose synthesis is affected by deficiency of a specific enzyme. Labor...