Objective Localized provoked vulvodynia (LPV) may have inflammatory etiology. We wanted to find out whether the cell-mediated immune system becomes activated in the vestibular mucosa in LPV. Study Design This…
Materials and Methods Reagents and cell lines The K-ras/PTEN cell line were established by us from ovarian tumors that were generated with the use of a genetic mouse model. The…
Objective Health care providers are increasingly being evaluated by the quality of care they provide. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of recently developed quality indicators (QIs) for pelvic organ…
Objective We sought to investigate the impact of race, socioeconomic status (SES), and health care system characteristics on receipt of specific components of National Comprehensive Cancer Network guideline care for…
Materials and Methods The clinical trial was conducted according to European Medicines Agency and Food and Drug Administration guidelines, and in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonization Guideline for…
Materials and Methods This study was determined to be exempt by the University of California, Los Angeles, Institutional Review Board. Public Use File data from 1999 through 2009 were obtained from…
Ultrasound technology has evolved dramatically in recent years and now includes applications such as 3-dimensional volume imaging, real-time evaluation of pelvic organs (simultaneous with the physical examination), and Doppler blood…
We challenge a provocative article entitled “Oxygen for intrauterine resuscitation: of unproved benefit and potentially harmful” by Hamel et al in the August issue of the Journal. The authors contend there…
Oxygen is frequently administered to women in labor in the hope of improving fetal status. However, there is a paucity of outcome data to support this practice. Although maternal oxygen…
Physicians across the United States are engaged in training in the identification, isolation, and initial care of patients with Ebola. Some will be asked to do more. The issue this…
