title: Investigations of hormones during early abortion induced by prostaglandin F2alpha and 15(S)-methyl-PGF2alpha.
abstract: In early pregnancy up the 7th week of pregnancy PGF2alpha was infused and 15(S)-methyl-PGF2alpha was applied i. m. to induce menstruation in 20 or 19 cases, respectively. In the tested form of application 15(S)-methyl-PGF2alpha is effective in 89 per cent of the cases and in 74 per cent complete abortion was achieved. PGF2alpha produced bleeding in 80 per cent only and complete abortion in 55 per cent. The differences in these two groups were not statistically significant. The steroid hormones estradiol and progesterone decrease in a successful application of PGs for induction of abortion and reach a value of 75 per cent at the onset of bleeding. The LH concentration in plasma becomes smaller too. In some cases there is a temporary increase in hormones shortly after starting treatment. The results could indicate that the considerable decrease in hormones before the onset of bleeding might be caused by an alteration of the corpus luteum, which is effective during early pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008598:Menstruation / Q000187:drug effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000097:blood; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone