BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of polycystic ovaries (PCO) among women with self-reported oligomenorrhoea and/or hirsutism and to see whether women with symptoms and PCO have less favourable levels of biochemical markers than controls or women with symptoms and normal ovaries. METHODS The ultrasonographic ovarian morphology and the hormonal and metabolic pr...

The anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) into the atmosphere leads to an increase in the CO(2) partial pressure (pCO(2)) in the ocean, which may reach 950 μatm by the end of the 21st century. The resulting hypercapnia (high pCO(2)) and decreasing pH ("ocean acidification") are expected to have appreciable effects on water-breathing organisms, especially on their early-life stages. Fo...

Sixty-seven isolates of Phytophthora infestans collected from Himalayan hill regions and subtropical planes of India were characterized by RAPD markers to assess diversity and differentiation based on location of origin. Ten random decamer primers generated 161 polymorphic fragments. Association of P. infestans isolates on the dendrogram and PCO plot revealed two clear grouping based on geograp...

Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common complication of cataract surgery. It causes a gradual deterioration visual acuity, which would otherwise improve after successful procedure. Despite recent advances in ophthalmology, this has not been eradicated, and incidence PCO can be as high 10%. This article reviews literature concerning pathomechanism examines biochemical pathways i...

Modern cataract surgery with implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL) is an increasingly safe and successful procedure, though complications still occur. This thesis addresses the most common complication, posterior capsule opacification (PCO) and the rare but serious complication postoperative endophthalmitis (POE). The pathogenesis of PCO is multifactorial and several surgical and IOL-relate...

To determine the effect of growth under elevated CO(2) partial pressures (pCO(2)) on photosynthetic electron transport and photoprotective energy dissipation, we examined light-saturated net photosynthetic CO(2) assimilation (A(sat)), the capacity for photosynthetic O(2) evolution, chlorophyll fluorescence emission and the pigment composition of upper-canopy loblolly pine needles in the eighth ...

Ž . The variations of the partial pressure of CO pCO and related parameters were determined in surface seawater along 2 2 the Belgian coast, from January 1995 to June 1996, at both daily and seasonal time scales. The distribution of pCO in this 2 area is regulated by river input from the Scheldt, biological activity and hydrodynamics. The contribution of each of these Ž . processes varies as a ...

BACKGROUND In this study, we investigated the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on the morphology of estradiol valerate (EV) induced polycystic ovary (PCO) to find a new treatment modality for improvement of PCO. METHODS The rats were divided into four groups. Group1, control; group 2, PCO group; group 3, PCO with HBOT group and group 4, normal ovary with HBOT. PCO was induced by a s...

OBJECTIVE Although androgenic alopecia is recognised to be a symptom of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), it is not known whether polycystic ovaries (PCO) and associated endocrine abnormalities are present in patients who present with alopecia as a primary complaint. We therefore set out to determine the strength of the association between androgenic alopecia and PCO. We examined the prevalence...

EDITORIAL It is known that pseudophakia is a very frequent condition in ophthalmology. The visual benefit obtained after a cataracts operation can diminish in time due to the progressive development of a posterior capsule opacification (PCO). Even though surgical techniques and the design and materials of intra-ocular lenses have been continuously modified, PCO continues to be the most frequent...