title: SGI 2012: advances in reproductive health research.
abstract: The 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation was held in San Diego, (CA, USA) on 21-24 March 2012, with a record number of registrants (over 1300) and submitted abstracts. The main 3-day meeting was preceded by a day of satellite meetings, covering topics such as placental function, endometrial bleeding and global issues for preterm birth. The meeting was opened by the President of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation for 2011-2012, Stephen J Lye, from the University of Toronto (ON, Canada), with 13 past presidents of the society (including this writer) in attendance.
authors: Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. j.challis@utoronto.ca
authors: John R G
authors: JR
authors: Challis
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010922:Placenta Diseases; D011247:Pregnancy; D047928:Premature Birth; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage; D016387:Women's Health