title: Serum PP12, PP14, SP1 and hCG values in the 28 days after the LH-surge in patients who do and do not conceive after artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.
abstract: Serum levels of PP12 (somatomedin binding protein), PP14 (beta lactoglobulin homologue), Schwangerschaftsprotein 1 (SP1) and of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) were simultaneously measured in patients being treated for infertility in the 28 days after the LH-surge. PP14 levels were similar in the 14 days after the LH-surge in the patients who conceived when compared with those who did not and a high PP14 level was only indicative of pregnancy at 21 days after the LH-surge. hCG and SP1 levels behaved similarly in pregnant subjects. PP12 levels did not change significantly in the 28-days after the LH-surge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Than
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tatra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Csaba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bohn
mesh_terms: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D000071816:Glycodelin; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D000071816:Glycodelin; D006023:Glycoproteins; C032231:IGFBP1 protein, human; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; C045246:PAEP protein, human; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone