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F Lehmann

Publications and source records attributed to F Lehmann.

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[Feto-maternal microtranfusion after amniocentesis in the 2nd trimenon (author's transl)].

120 healthy patients 16 to 34 years of age were studied. All patients were admitted to the clinic for legal abortion and were admitted to the clinic for legal abortion and were between 16 and 20 weeks pregnant. Amniocentesis were performed for intraamniotic application of prostaglandins. The incidence of microtransfusion of fetal red blood cells in these patients were studied. Blood samples were taken before and one hour after amniocentesis. 104 patients (86.7 p.c.) did not show any fetal erythrocytes in the peripheral blood neither before nore after amniocentesis. In ten patients (8.4 p.c.) less than 0.055 ml transfused fetal blood were determined as well before as after the puncture of the amniotic sac without any increasing tendency. In six patients (4.9 p.c.) signs of an induced fetal-maternal-microtransfusion could be proved. All six patients had no fetal cells in the circulation before treatment. Four of these had a microtransfusion of less than 0.05 ml, two patients between 0.05 and 0.10 ml. The localisation of the placenta by ultrasonic technic as an absolutely demand before amniocentesis is strongly recommended, especially in cases of prenatal diagnostic purpose.

Abortion, Legal↗

Blastoid transformation of lymphocytes in response to spermatozoa.

Microlymphocyte transformation tests were done on 33 female rabbits immunized with different components of rabbit ejaculate. In rabbits injected with total ejaculate or washed spermatozoa a specific stimulation of lymphocytes could be demonstrated by exposure to washed spermatozoa. It is shown that it is necessary to notice the length of time for cultivation, the antigen concentration and especially the time-interval after the last immunization.

Animals↗

Effect of post-ovulatory administered oestrogens on corpus luteum function.

The effect of orally given diethystilboestroldiphophate (DES) and 17alpha-ethinyl-oestradiol-3-methylether (EEM) on plasma progesterone levels was studied. Both compounds were administered for 5 days to 5 women in daily doses of 60 mg (DES) and 30 mg (EEM). The fully informed volunteers were found to have a normal menstrual cycle before the study. The mean corpus luteum phase (corpus luteum phase = days between LH surge and onset of menstruation) of all control cycles lasted 12.8 days. Daily plasma samples were collected for radioimmunoassay (RIA) of progesterone, immunoreactive oestrogens and LH. After a control cycle the first treatment was carried out with DES. The third and the fifth cycle were control cycles again. The EEM-treatment was done in the fourth cycle. Although the effect of the two compounds was different, a dependence of the age of the corpus luteum (CL) could be demonstrated for both. DES-treatment lowered plasma progesterone levels during administration. This effect was only demonstrable if the treatment was begun on the day of the LH-peak. The length of the CL-phase remained unaltered. EEM-treatment if started on the day of the LH surge, suppressed corpus luteum function in the late luteal phase. If the treatment was started later, the effect was less pronounced. The administration of both compounds did not shorten the time between ovulation and the next bleeding. After DES-treatment this interval was not altered. After EEM-treatment the subsequent bleeding was even delayed depending on slowly decreasing levels of plasma oestrogens.

Corpus Luteum↗