Website

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30962

Author

Britton, Ann Patricia

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

University of British Columbia

Publication Date

1991

Subject

Faculty of Medicine

Theses

Abstract

A delicate balance of steroid and gonadotrophic hormones is essential for intrafollicular oocyte maturation and successful fertilization and embryonic development. Previous studies have demonstrated that a superovulatory dose of pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (PMSG) has excessive gonadotrophic activity and alters intrafol1icular steroid hormone levels. In a series of four experiments, the morphology of oocytes and embryos retrieved from immature rats, treated with either a low or high dose of PMSG, and mature, cycling rats was compared to determine whether a superovulatory dose of PMSG has an adverse effect on oocyte maturation and subsequent fertilization and embryonic development in immature rats. Morphological criteria for the assessment of intraoviductal oocyte aging were established in the first experiment.

Language

English

Material Type

Thesis

Call Number

Thesis Shelf

Author

Seymour, Laurie

Payne, Sarah

BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

Spiral bound paperback: 156 pages

Subject

Substance Use

Substance Abuse

Women's Health. Gynecology

Abstract

This self-directed learning module is designed to assist nurses in developing their competency in working with childbearing women with problematic substance use and their newborns.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF DB 100 CAR 2006

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