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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Is human papillomavirus testing of value in clinical practice?

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    Raymond H. Kaufman, Ervin Adam

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• • ·A comparison of intermittent and continuous support during labor: A meta-analysis

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    Kathryn D. Scott, Gale Berkowitz, Marshall Klaus

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• • ·Epidemiologic determinants of vaginal pH

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    Montserrat García-Closas, Rolando Herrero, Concepción Bratti, Allan Hildesheim, Mark E. Sherman, Lidia Ana Morera, Mark Schiffman

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• • ·Rhythmic variation in the rate of ectopic pregnancy throughout the year

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    Angelo Cagnacci, Stefano Landi, Annibale Volpe

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• • ·A randomized, open, parallel-group study on the preventive effect of an estradiol-releasing vaginal ring (Estring) on recurrent urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women

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    Bjarne C. Eriksen

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• • ·Effects of multiple applications of benzalkonium chloride and nonoxynol 9 on the vaginal epithelium in the pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

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    Dorothy L. Patton, Gretchen Ganzle Kidder^a, Yvonne Cosgrove Sweeney^a, Lorna K. Rabe^b, Sharon L. Hillier

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• • ·Menstrual cycle–specific inhibition of the proliferation of endometrial stromal cells by interleukin 6 and its soluble receptor

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    Hiroki Yoshioka, Tasuku Harada, Tomio Iwabe, Yorie Nagano, Fuminori Taniguchi, Masahiro Tanikawa, Naoki Terakawa

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• • ·Targeted cytotoxic analog of luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone AN-207 inhibits growth of OV-1063 human epithelial ovarian cancers in nude mice

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    Masahiro Miyazaki, Andrew V. Schally, Attila Nagy, Najib Lamharzi, Gabor Halmos, Karoly Szepeshazi, Patricia Armatis

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• • ·The effect of hysterectomy on the risk of an abnormal screening Papanicolaou test result

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    John Fox, Patrick Remington, Peter Layde, Gail Klein

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• • ·Cervical human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid persists throughout pregnancy and decreases in the postpartum period

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    Kenneth H. Fife, Barry P. Katz, Edward J. Brizendine, Darron R. Brown

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• • ·Association of vitamin D and estrogen receptor gene polymorphism with the effect of hormone replacement therapy on bone mineral density in Japanese women

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    Takumi Kurabayashi, Masatoshi Tomita, Hiroshi Matsushita, Tetsuro Yahata, Akira Honda, Koichi Takakuwa, Kenichi Tanaka

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• • ·Expression of adenosine triphosphate–sensitive potassium channel subunits in female rat reproductive tissues: Overlapping distribution of messenger ribonucleic acid for weak inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunit 6.1 and sulfonylurea-binding regulatory subunit 2

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    Edward K. Chien, YanHong Zhang, Hiroto Furuta, Manami Hara

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• • ·Cardiovascular effects of a μ-selective opioid agonist (tyrosine-D-arginine-phenylalanine-lysine-NH₂) in fetal sheep: Sites and mechanisms of action

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    Yasmin S. Holsey, Dunli Wu, Yi Soong, Abimbola T. Omoniyi, Hazel H. Szeto

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• • ·Comparison of maternal serum total activin A and inhibin A in normal, preeclamptic, and nonproteinuric gestationally hypertensive pregnancies

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    Helayne M. Silver, Geralyn M. Lambert-Messerlian, Jami A. Star, Joseph Hogan, Jacob A. Canick

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• • ·Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on the uterine vasculature of the late-pregnant ewe

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    Suzanne L. Miller, Graham Jenkin, David W. Walker

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• • ·High prevalence of hemostatic abnormalities in women with a history of severe preeclampsia

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    Maria G. van Pampus, Gustaf A. Dekker, Hans Wolf, Peter C. Huijgens, Maria M.W. Koopman, B.Mary E. von Blomberg, Harry R. Büller

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• • ·The Preterm Prediction Study: Failure of midtrimester cervical sialidase level elevation to predict subsequent spontaneous preterm birth

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    William W. Andrews, Jun Tsao, Robert L. Goldenberg, John C. Hauth, Brian Mercer, Jay Iams, Paul Meis, Atef Moawad, Anita Das, Peter J. Van Dorsten, Steve N. Caritis, Gary Thurnau, Menachem Miodovnik, James Roberts, Donald McNellis

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• • ·A comparison of orally administered misoprostol with vaginally administered misoprostol for cervical ripening and labor induction

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    Deborah A. Wing, Debby Ham, Richard H. Paul

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• • ·Altered blood pressure course during normal pregnancy and increased preeclampsia at high altitude (3100 meters) in Colorado

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    Susan K. Palmer, Lorna G. Moore, David A. Young, Betsy Cregger, Jonathan C. Berman, Stacy Zamudio

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• • ·Cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin as a marker for preterm delivery: A meta-analysis

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    H. Leitich, C. Egarter, A. Kaider, M. Hohlagschwandtner, P. Berghammer, P. Husslein

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• • ·Cesarean deliveries for Medicaid patients: A comparison in public and private hospitals in Los Angeles County

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    Kimberly D. Gregory, Emily Ramicone, Linda Chan, Katherine L. Kahn

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• • ·Effects of pregnancy-induced hypertension on the essential fatty acid statuses of Ecuadorian and Dutch women

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    Suzie J. Otto, Adriana C. van Houwelingen, Patricio López-Jaramillo, Gerard Hornstra

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• • ·The effect of indomethacin and prostacyclin agonists on blood pressure in a rat model of preeclampsia

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    Marya G. Zlatnik, Irina Buhimschi, Kristof Chwalisz, Q.Ping Liao, George R. Saade, Robert E. Garfield

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• • ·Level of postoperative analgesia is a critical factor in regulation of myometrial contractility after laparotomy in the pregnant baboon: Implications for human fetal surgery

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    Jennifer D. Tame, Laura M. Abrams, Xiu-Ying Ding, Andrew Yen, Dino A. Giussani, Peter W. Nathanielsz

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• • ·Alteration of fetal oxygenation and responses to acute hypoxemia by increased myometrial contracture frequency produced by pulse administration of oxytocin to the pregnant ewe from 96 to 131 days’ gestation

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    Norio Shinozuka, Andrew Yen, Peter W. Nathanielsz

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• • ·Lymphocyte intracellular free calcium concentration is increased in preeclampsia

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    Minoru Hojo, Manikkam Suthanthiran, Geraldine Helseth, Phyllis August

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• • ·Differential effects of natural and synthetic glucocorticoids on cytochrome 17⍺-hydroxylase (P-450_17⍺) and cytochrome P-450 side-chain cleavage (P-450_scc) messenger ribonucleic acid in the sheep placenta

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    Xiao Hong Ma, Wen Xuan Wu, Peter W. Nathanielsz

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• • ·Hyperimmunoglobulin therapy for a twin fetus with cytomegalovirus infection and growth restriction

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    Giovanni Nigro, Renato La Torre, Maurizio M. Anceschi, Manuela Mazzocco, Ermelando V. Cosmi

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• • ·Cost-benefit analysis of targeted ultrasonography for prenatal detection of spina bifida in patients with an elevated concentration of second-trimester maternal serum ⍺-fetoprotein

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    Anthony M. Vintzileos, Cande V. Ananth, Allan J. Fisher, John C. Smulian, Debra Day-Salvatore, Tryfon Beazoglou, Robert A. Knuppel

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• • ·Fetal cell identifiers: Results of microscope slide–based immunocytochemical studies as a function of gestational age and abnormality

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    Yun-Ling Zheng, Dong Kai Zhen, Antonio Farina, Stanley M. Berry, Ronald J. Wapner, John M. Williams, Diana W. Bianchi

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• • ·Placing the newborn on the maternal abdomen after delivery increases the volume and CD34⁺ cell content in the umbilical cord blood collected: An old maneuver with new applications

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    Dan Grisaru, Varda Deutsch, Marjorie Pick, Gideon Fait, Joseph B. Lessing, Shaul Dollberg, Amiram Eldor

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• • ·Efficacy of the selective prostaglandin synthase type 2 inhibitor nimesulide in blocking basal prostaglandin production and delaying glucocorticoid-induced premature labor in sheep

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    Kirsten R. Poore, I.Ross Young, Jonathan J. Hirst

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• • ·Heat shock protein 72 expression and microtubule-associated protein 2 disappearance after hypoxia-ischemia in the developing rat brain

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    Xiao Y. Xia, Tomoaki Ikeda, Arturo Ota, Yi X. Xia, Hiroshi Sameshima, Tsuyomu Ikenoue, Kiyotaka Toshimori

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• • ·The midgestational rabbit as a model for the creation of membrane defects after needle fetoscopy

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    Eduard Gratacós, Hirotoshi Yamamoto, Nikolaos A. Papadopulos, Tom Adriaenssens ^a, Thomas Phlips ^a, Toni E. Lerut, Jan A. Deprest

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• • ·Multifetal pregnancy reductions of triplets to twins: Comparison with nonreduced triplets and twins

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    Yuval Yaron, Peter K. Bryant-Greenwood, Neha Dave, Julie S. Moldenhauer, Ralph L. Kramer, Mark P. Johnson, Mark I. Evans

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• • ·Adenosine modulates corticotropin and cortisol release during hypoxia in fetal sheep

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    Andrew Chau, James C. Rose, Brian J. Koos

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• • ·Relationship of fetal growth to duration of heat stress in an ovine model of placental insufficiency

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    Henry L. Galan, Michael J. Hussey, Antonio Barbera, Enrico Ferrazzi, Misoo Chung, John C. Hobbins, Frederick C. Battaglia

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• • ·Corticosteroid therapy for prevention of respiratory distress syndrome in severe preeclampsia

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    Melania M.R. Amorim, Luiz Carlos Santos^a, Anibal Faúndes

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• • ·The disposition of cocaethylene in rat maternal, placental, and fetal compartments

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    Hisayo O. Morishima, Robert A. Whittington, Yi Zhang, Thomas B. Cooper

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• • ·Association of polymorphism within the promoter of the tumor necrosis factor ⍺ gene with increased risk of preterm premature rupture of the fetal membranes

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    Alice K. Roberts, Federico Monzon-Bordonaba, Peter G. Van Deerlin, Joanne Holder, George A. Macones, Mark A. Morgan, Jerome F. Strauss, Samuel Parry

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• • ·Brachial plexus palsy: An in utero injury?

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    Robert B. Gherman, Joseph G. Ouzounian, T.Murphy Goodwin

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• • ·Bloodless cesarean delivery and perinatal transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus

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    Alessandro Ghidini, Helain J. Landy, Mary Young

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• • ·Reply

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    Craig V. Towers, Tamerou Asrat

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• • ·A question of statistical analysis

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    William J. Ledger

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• • ·Reply

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    Craig V. Towers, Tamerou Asrat

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• • ·Cotinine levels in women who smoke during pregnancy

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    Graham F. Cope

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• • ·Reply

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    Marisa Rebagliato, Francisco Bolúmar, Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado

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• • ·Peripheral blood leukocyte antigen expression in pregnancy and preeclampsia

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    Ian P. Crocker, Philip N. Baker, John Fletcher

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• • ·Reply

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    Gavin P. Sacks, Ian L. Sargent, Christopher W.G. Redman

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• • ·Shoulder dystocia maneuvers

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    Jorge O. Escamilla

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• • ·Reply

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    Robert B. Gherman

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• • ·Correction

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• • ·Correction

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