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Mary Lake Polan
Dr. Mary Lake Polan takes us on a compelling journey into Eritrea, where she started a surgical clinic to offer life-changing care to African women. She and her team repair fistulas, a condition that results from traumatic births and leads many Afric
Publikováno v:
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 38:89-96
Aim—We sought to investigate protein biomarkers for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in vaginal tissues using Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS) and examine if this is a reliable methodolog
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Neurourology and Urodynamics. 30:1627-1632
Aims Increased apoptotic activity in pelvic tissues may contribute to development of pelvic floor disorders. We evaluated expression of apoptotic factors (Bcl-2 family) in vaginal tissues from women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and how these fact
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Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. 56:8-17
INTRODUCTION: We evaluated a community-based intervention to promote safe motherhood focusing on knowledge and behaviors that may reduce maternal mortality and birth complications. The intervention aimed to increase womens birth preparedness knowledg
Autor:
Dirk Jena, Letu Hailemariam, Mary Lake Polan, Janet M. Turan, Khaliah Johnson, Elsa Mengsteab
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Patient Education and Counseling. 80:262-265
The goal of this study was to evaluate the first formal counseling program for obstetric fistula patients in Eritrea.To evaluate the impact of the counseling program, clients were interviewed both before pre-operative counseling and again after post-
Publikováno v:
International Urogynecology Journal. 20:1423-1429
We investigated whether the expression of alpha-1 antitrypsin (ATT), neutrophil elastase (NE), and lysyl oxidase-like protein 1 (LOXL-1) vary within the vagina in subjects with pelvic organ prolapse (POP).Biopsies were obtained from the anterior and
Publikováno v:
Fertility and Sterility. 91:1351-1354
We investigated the effect of relaxin on extracellular matrix remodeling in cultured myometrial compared with leiomyoma smooth muscle cells. Relaxin increases elastase activity and protease inhibitor expressions in myometrial smooth muscle cells, but
Publikováno v:
Fertility and Sterility. 88:526-529
CD9 mRNA and protein expression levels in mouse slow frozen-rapid thawed oocytes were compared with those in fresh oocytes by using comparative quantitative real time reverse transcription-PCR and semiquantitative Western blot, respectively. The expr
Publikováno v:
Human Reproduction. 22:1718-1724
Background To investigate changes in mRNA and protein levels of biglycan (BGN), decorin (DCN) and fibromodulin (FMOD) in vaginal wall tissue from women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) compared to menstrual-cycle matched continent women. Method
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Global Public Health. 2:64-77
This article presents findings from qualitative interviews with women seeking medical care for obstetric fistula in Eritrea. The interviews were designed to inform programme design for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula. Interviews wer