Elevated beta-HCG in a non-pregnant woman? Also consider lung adenocarcinoma: A case reportClinical trials in cancer show that treatment may have different results in patients with different prognostic characteristics (1–3). This chapter reviews the scientific evidence that the patient's clinical ...
hCG, which binds to the corpus luteum of the ovary which is stimulated to produce progesterone which in turn maintains the secretory endometrium. hCG is present only in trace amounts in non-pregnant urine and sera but rises sharply during pregnancy. HCG is composed of two non-identical, non-...
hCG is present only in trace amounts in non-pregnant urine and sera but rises sharply during pregnancy. HCG is composed of two non-identical, non-covalently linked polypeptide chains designated as the alpha and Beta subunits. The alpha subunit is identical to that of thyroid stimulating hormone...
Pregnant women with preeclampsia had significantly higher levels of serum complete hCG, nicked hCG, nonnicked hCG, and complete free beta hCG than normotensive controls (Table 1 and Fig. 1, Fig. 2). However, there was no significant difference in the median (range) percentage of serum nicked...
solution (dextrose 5% in water, normal or half-normal saline solution, or lactated Ringer's solution). • Don't give as continuous I.V. infusion. • For intermittent I.V. infusion, dilute with normal saline solution and infuse in 0.1- to 0.2-mg increments over 10 to 15 minutes. ...
For germ-free rederivation, 4–6 week-old APPPS1 transgenic female mice were superovulated by intraperitoneal injection of 5 IU pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG, VWR) on day 0, and 5 IU of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) on day 2. Females were paired with APPPS1 males on da...
Pregnant patients with thalassemia need a multidisciplinary approach involving all specialists in the medical care of thalassemia [75]. Hypothyroidism Preclinical hypothyroidism is characterized by normal thyroxine (T4) and free thyroxine (FT4), normal basal TSH and TSH slightly increased after the Thyrotr...
We earlier reported a simple specific test for detection of anti-ovarian antibodies in infertile women and identified number of specific molecular and cellular targets of which human heat shock protein 90-beta (HSP90 beta) was found to be the most immunodominant. The present study focuses on pred...
Detectable serum levels of beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (beta hCG) in nonpregnant, perimenopausal women bring confusion in both clinician and patient and could lead to unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A 45-year-old woman with the continuous elevation of beta hCG ...
Finally, the referent laboratory confirmed the presence of the antibodies, but their exact type remains unknown. This case underlines the importance of the universally accepted protocol in the cases of persistent beta hCG elevation in nonpregnant, perimenopausal women....