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So she got into an accident. She isn't hurt, but her bike is F'ed. The taxi driver does not want to talk to her, she called the cops and they are both waiting for the police to get there. What should she do?
So she got into an accident. She isn't hurt, but her bike is F'ed. The taxi driver does not want to talk to her, she called the cops and they are both waiting for the police to get there. What should she do?
Get the cops to get her the insurance information from the taxi driver. Get his tag number just in case. If she has a camera phone, take pictures. If she is hurt, have her go to an ER.
Bikes use brakes to stop.
If your bike has breaks, don't ride it.
yeah get his tag number in case he wants to leave. wait for the police, they should know what to do (write up a report, etc)
before posting, a "noob" should always ask themselves "could this have been answered by first visiting Sheldon Brown
^^+1. tag # is most important.
is she ok?
dude sounds like a prick
Watch the cops write up their notes for the report and then
get a copy of the police report for the subsequent battle with the Taxi
Co's insurer.
Get bystander's contact info to corroborate the **** later.
Get names and contact info for witnesses!
Man this sucks. She was biking and already was in the intersection, but didn't have the light. The taxi was going really fast. I just read that the most she can do is take it to small claims court. Can someone tell me how this works and how long the process is?
tell her not to run lights.
herself for your jurisdiction. Many small claims courts don't allow the parties
to be represented by attorneys. Having us tell you information which you then
relay over the phone to her could result in disinformation--assuming we know
anything to begin with, which has been the subject of debate.
Where did this all go down anyway?
62nd and 2nd in NYC
Well good news is the cops are going to be there so no wiggling out of this one for either party.
Mes compaingnons cui j'amoie et cui j'aim,... Me di, chanson.
If she blew the red light, she has no right to a claim, regardless of the speed of the taxi driver.
Think of if you did this in a car.
^^Are you up on NY law RS? I'm not--so I can't
say whether New York's take on
on assumption of the risk and comparative negligence
would allow her to recover something given the limited
facts we have. A plaintiff's own negligence is not
a complete bar to recovery in many situations. Especially
if the taxi was going way to fast. Safe to say none of us
on a public board could ascertain the likely outcome
unless they happen to be an att'y in NY.
Last edited by Suttree; 12-30-07 at 11:32 PM.
tell her to get her story straight and figure out her angle. the cab is going to try to place blame on her, make sure she knows exactly what she did and can describe perfectly and convincingly why he is at fault. cops aren't the smartest individuals in the world, so it's likely that they'll be more persuaded by the most convincing story. sucks, but it works out that way every day.
if you're not hurt, the nyc cops couldn't care less. earlier this month a cyclist was hit in a hit and run. he called the cops to report it and the cop showed up and gave him a ticket for no bell.
but good luck anyway.
A NYC taxi driver....shoot, we have a hard time when we collect from them when they hit a CAR. Anyways good luck.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you."
-- Sir William Arthur
Actually, if the cyclist was (hypothetically) 60% at fault and
taxi driver was 40% at fault for driving like a maniac--and he
suffered no damage but her bike was trashed how would it
be unfair for her to recover 40% of the cost of a replacement--
oh wait, this is bfssfg where reason has been suspended--
never mind.
NY had a pure comparative negligence rule for a time--may still. Plaintiff can recover
no matter what her fault, her recovery is just reduced in proportion to her fault.
And since when is a cop a final authority on the law--they are the last people I would
trust in this matter.
Trying to get cash out of a giant insurance company regardless of fault isn't being a ******bag
it is just having a good hustle as far as I'm concerned. You all can speculate as to what you think
the outcome should be--I hope this chick gets some cash however unlikely it may be. Maybe
some folks would roll over for a taxi but I would hope a NYer wouldn't--
Last edited by Suttree; 12-31-07 at 12:57 AM.
This is mostly unrelated to the thread - sorry - but I hear in some foreign countries the driver is ALWAYS at fault when in a collision with a cyclist, no matter what the circumstances. It's a good idea if you think about it - because while a cyclist will usually get hurt pretty bad, fault or no fault, it sure as hell encourages the driver to watch the F out for us maniacs on two wheels.
can i run a red light, and throw myself across your hood? When ur riding can i run a red light and push my cart full of cement into your path? Would i get 40% from you?
really now...lets think about this.
Regardless I hope your friend is ok, tell her to get brakes for 'oh ****' moments, and make sure she starts wearing a helmet if she isnt already.
And tell her what red means.
EDIT: And hustling from a large insurance company can add up to rates going up for all cyclists. just putting that out there.


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My steering gets real stiff right and left then then suddenly easy, then after awhile it does it again, is my power steering pump going bad
March 2, 2013.
March 2, 2013.
Power steering pumps don't typically fail intermittently, then work again. There are some that get weak and don't produce enough pressure at idle. There can also be internal leakage in the spool valve of rack and pinion steering gears. That will cause intermittent power assist when the fluid is still cold, but it almost always affects turning in only one direction first, then the other direction weeks later. For what you described I would suspect the drive belt for the pump is slipping. If your engine uses a spring-loaded tensioner pulley, check that to be sure it's not rusted tight and that it is holding sufficient tension on the belt. Have a helper turn the steering wheel back and forth with the engine running while you dribble a little water on the belt.
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Thanks for the reply, I will give it a try and let ya know what happens. Thanks so much
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The fabric stash is calling me
However, I shall be strong! I shall stuff the fabric into the sewing bureau and ignore it's siren calls, and shall sit and knit with a stout heart, completing my projects as I have pledged to do.
Oh, hang on a sec - my editor is whispering in my ear. What's that you say? The TAB is offering pretty darn good odds (2 to 1, you believe) that I shall totally crack before the green dress is seamed?!? Begone, you doubting wastrel! I shall hold firm! Just don't let me near a fabric store!
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A former University of Alabama professor who is accused of fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others will face a grand jury, an Alabama judge ruled Tuesday, after police testimony linked her to the alleged murder weapon.
The ruling came during Amy Bishop's first court appearance since the Harvard-educated biologist's arrest for allegedly gunning down her colleagues during a faculty meeting on the university's Huntsville campus Feb. 12. Ms. Bishop, 44 years old, who wore a red jumpsuit and cuffs around her ankles, didn't speak during the proceeding.
A Huntsville, Ala., police investigator told the court that the nine-millimeter pistol used in the shooting was bought in 1989 in New Hampshire by a man who told federal agents that he bought it for Jim Anderson, Ms. Bishop's husband.
The man told federal agents that Mr. Anderson sought the gun because he was in a dispute with a neighbor, the investigator testified. Massachusetts, where Mr. Anderson and Ms. Bishop lived at the time, had a waiting period on gun purchases.
In an interview days after the shootings, Mr. Anderson said he didn't know where Ms. Bishop might have obtained a gun. "I didn't want a gun, not with three teenagers in the house," he said.
He later told reporters he knew his wife had a gun but didn't know when or how she had gotten it. He also said he and his wife had taken part in target practice.
Mr. Anderson couldn't be reached Tuesday to comment.
During the hearing, the Huntsville officer testified that the gun and a bloody woman's jacket were recovered from a bathroom trash can one floor below the room in which the shooting occurred. He said a 15-round magazine was found in Ms. Bishop's bag in the room.
District Court Judge Ruth Ann Hall ordered that Ms. Bishop remain in custody without bail. She is charged with capital murder and attempted murder, and could receive the death penalty if convicted. First, Madison County District Attorney Robert Broussard must decide whether to seek such a sentence.
Mr. Broussard told reporters after the hearing that he expected the trial to begin in about six months. Ms. Bishop's court-appointed attorney, Roy Miller, has indicated he's preparing an insanity defense.
The offices of both Messrs. Broussard and Miller declined to comment further, citing the judge's order last week barring parties involved in the case from talking to the news media.
In an interview with police, Ms. Bishop denied any involvement in the shootings, according to police testimony.
The shootings have led a Massachusetts prosecutor to revisit the 1986 death in his jurisdiction of Ms. Bishop's brother. She shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth, with her father's shotgun, and the incident was ruled an accident. A judge has agreed to conduct an inquest of the case in April to revisit the ruling.
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The punks and the bullies,
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Speech at Franco Berardi's PhD Defence
Geert Lovink
Being a decade younger, I heard for the first time from him and his activities around 1980, when stories about Radio Alice were spreading throughout Europe. True, the Amsterdam free radio scene, operating out of the squatters movement of the time, had a multitude of (local) roots but Radio Alice was certainly one of them. The Bologna uprising of 1977, in which Bifo played a crucial role, predated our most tumultuous year, 1980, and was thus a an important source of inspiration for the revolts in Amsterdam, Zurich and Berlin. What we shared was our common desire to find out what 'autonomy' could look like in different parts of Western Europe which lacked any trace of its own 'operaist' workers movement.
Part punk and new wave, part rainbow coalition (feminism, anti-nuclear eco protests, anti-racism), part post-industrial turning techno, the sense of 'no future' in this late Cold War period was widely spread. The march into the institutions was over and doors were closing. Even the Situationists had closed shop. Being aware that well-meaning alternative proposals were no longer effective, we set up temporary encampments for anger & beauty. In these dark times of mass youth unemployment, the common language was one of refusal. After the lived utopia of the late 1960s with its failed experiments, my generation grew up in the shadow of armed struggles of others. Slowly but steadily we said goodbye to solidarity with the post-colonial national projects. After our own movements started to disintegrate, even our own militants went on a self-marginalising path (however, without taking other with them in their misery). By the second part of the eighties we were on our own, in a harsh neo-liberal technological world that inevitably forced the Media Question and the Globalization Question upon us. The 'slow cancellation of the future' (as Mark Fisher calls it in Ghosts of my Life) happened under our very eyes, leaving head space to dream how computer-aided social networking should look like.
I cannot but think strategically, in a political sense, about Berardi's timely mapping exercise that he performed here. Every insight breathes the sense of intense debate and collective consideration, set in 1975, 1996, 2011, 2020 and beyond. Suffice to say, this PhD thesis has neither become a hermetic Hegelian Magnus Opus, nor a boring academic residue of an author's wild years. Quoted sources are treated like equals. There are zero traces of a plagued genius or arrogant theory celebrity that suffers from melancholy. The tone remains urgent. We may or may not be depressed, but at least we've made the quantum jump to start studying depression. This is not become we indulge in our collective defeat, but we want to unlock the general sensibility. Let's make our vulnerability unmanageable.
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In Precarious Communism Gilman-Opalsky explains that the purpose of any manifesto, including his own, is to make manifest certain facts. Accordingly, he highlights the difference between Marx and 'Marxism' without engaging dead ideologies. He is a 'precarious' proponent of new theories void of historical baggage or loaded terms. This makes the book an excellent supplement to many social science and humanities courses.
Gilman-Opalsky situates Marx and 'Marxism' in the concept of precarious communism (autonomy) in an attempt to disentangle the terms 'communism' and 'Marxism' from past ideological purity and state practice. It is a way forward that allows for no single pure ideological possibility of social organisation, but rather many diverse possibilities for achieving a non-capitalist society that could be described generally as communal. Precarious Communism also demonstrates the 'precarious' position of the non-ideological communist seeking a way forward. It is within this context that Gilman-Opalsky attempts to situate the Communist Manifesto for today's audience, realities, and experiences, using the methodological technique developed by the French Situationists (an artistic-political organisa- tion) under Guy Debord called detournement (meaning re-routing or hijacking).
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Lives of the Orange Men: A Biographical History of the Polish Orange Alternative Movement
by Major Waldemar Fydrych, Minor Compositions
It is something of a cliché to say the Spanish experienced what the rest of Western Europe went through in the 1960s in the 1980s, after being freed from the yoke of Franco's fascist dictatorship. The same might be said of Eastern Europe as it extricated itself from the clutches of Bolshevism. That's certainly the impression created by this eyewitness account of the Orange Alternative by one of its prominent activists, Major Waldemar Fydrych.
The Orange Alternative practised what it dubbed 'social Surrealism' to parody the state capitalist dictatorship in Poland and its socialist realist art. This loose group of activists restaged the storming of the Winter Palace (a key incident in the Bolshevik seizure of power) using cardboard tanks and ships that the actors wore as costumes; likewise they handed out toilet paper in the streets when there was a shortage of this commodity. Fydrych explains his involvement in these actions in this way: 'I make dialectical art… in other words I act upon consciousness and treat everything as a work of art.' Many of the Orange Alternative's actions echo neo-dadaist and related activity in the West in the 1960s. For example: 'The day of the happening…was an evening full of surprises… the militia tried to arrest the Santa Clauses. The Santas were protected against easy arrest by being tied together with a rope. While the militiamen were untying them, the crowd sang Sto Lat (A traditional Polish song, similar to For He's A Jolly Good Fellow)… the crowd… sometimes chased the militiamen… chanting, "What are we to think? Santa's in the clink!" and "Release Santa!"... Since it was St. Nicholas Day, the militiamen also arrested professional Santa Clauses coming out of department stores with presents.'
This brings to mind the Black Mask intervention at Macy's in the late 1960s where one member of the group dressed up as Santa Claus and handed out free toys to children. The kids were then treated to the edifying spectacle of seeing Santa arrested and having their toys snatched back from them by the cops. The stunt was repeated at Selfridges in London by the King Mob group.
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Jacques Depelchin
In a world that is increasingly more densely interconnected, and, theoretically, more informed, one can easily observe how misinformation/disinformation is easily spread around. It is also easy to observe that those who have the most to win from any given development shall resort to anything in order to ensure their own victory. In this kind of situation, sometimes described as a "crisis", uncomfortable questions will tend not to be asked, and when asked the dominant profiteering mindset, centuries in the making, will likely lead to silencing any uncomfortable questions that might arise, and, naturally, the even more uncomfortable answers. To examine some of the origins and ramifications of this mindset would require much more space and time than this brief essay.
In order to understand the logic and reasoning coming out of an institution like NATO, one should understand how its rise is intimately connected to the history of how the United States was settled. In both cases, the central element is the conquest and shaping of power through military means. This process has led to an understanding and practice of justice, in the US and beyond its borders, determined by violence. Beyond its borders, NATO has become the most powerful instrument in the US military arsenal to impose its view of humanity, its understanding of justice. NATO has allowed the US and its allies to impose its own understanding and practice of justice by any means necessary, including circumventing the UN. The institutionalization of violence (through NATO) to achieve complete and total control over all segments of humanity has gone so far that the deep and wide historical interconnections between the expansion of NATO and the expansion of Ebola tend to be seen as having nothing to do with each other. The logic and reasoning operating in the mindsets of those who are in charge of NATO is no different from the logic and reasoning operating in the mindsets of any rapist anywhere in the world. In the process, collectively and individually, they tell themselves "nothing will happen to me".
New issue of ephemera on 'The politics of worker's inquiry'
The Politics of Worker's Inquiry
ephemera: theory & politics in organization
Volume 14, Number 3 (August 2014)
Edited by Joanna Figiel, Stevphen Shukaitis, and Abe Walker
This issue brings together a series of commentaries, interventions and projects centred on the theme of workers' inquiry. Workers' inquiry is a practice of knowledge production that seeks to understand the changing composition of labour and its potential for revolutionary social transformation. It is a practice of turning the tools of the social sciences into weapons of class struggle. It also seeks to map the continuing imposition of the class relation, not as a disinterested investigation, but rather to deepen and intensify social and political antagonisms.
Workers' inquiry developed in a context marked by rapid industrialization, mass migration and the use of industrial sociology to discipline the working class. It was formulated within autonomist movements as a sort of parallel sociology based on a radical re-reading of Marx and Weber against the politics of the communist party and the unions. The process of inquiry took the contradictions of the labour process as a starting point and sought to draw out such political antagonisms into the formation of new radical subjectivities. With this issue we seek to rethink workers' inquiry as a practice and perspective, in order to understand and catalyse emergent moments of political composition.
Including essays from Fabrizio Fasulo, Frederick H. Pitts, Christopher Wellbrook, Anna Curcio, Colectivo Situaciones, Evangelinidis Angelos, Lazaris Dimitris, Jennifer M. Murray, Michał Kozłowski, Bianca Elzenbaumer, Caterina Giuliani, Alan W. Moore, T.L. Cowan, Jasmine Rault, Jamie Woodcock, and Gigi Roggero; an interview with Jon McKenzie; and book reviews by Craig Willse, Stephen Parliament, Christian De Cock, Mathias Skrutkowski, and Orla McGarry.
The International Gathering of "The Workers' Economy" Mexico City November 7-8
Following the first four encuentros internacionales (international gatherings) of the "Workers' Economy," held in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil from 2007 to 2013, and after the first Regional Gathering of Europe and the Mediterranean, held in Marseille, France in January 2014, it is now proposed to conduct Regional Gatherings in every even-numbered year and International Gatherings in odd-numbered years. Following this plan, the 1st Regional Gathering of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Region of "The Workers' Economy" will be held in Mexico City, Mexico on November 7th and 8th, 2014; the 1st South American Regional Gathering of the "The Workers' Economy" will take place in Argentina on October 3th and 4th, 2014; and the 5th International Gathering of "The Workers' Economy" will be held in Venezuela in July, 2015.
We invite you to attend the 1st Regional Gathering of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Region of "The Workers' Economy" in November 2014.
Conducting an encuentro in the North America, Central America and Caribbean Region on themes pertaining to "the workers' economy" entails enormous challenges for the emerging struggles of workers building an alternative economy. First, there is a huge gulf between the developed countries of North America (Canada and the USA) and those further south (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean) — in technological development, economic organization, and standards of work and life. Second, the imperialist role and agenda pursued by American capitalism has meant economic and political dependence among most capitalist governments and countries in the region. Third, the region's workforce continues to experience enormous disparity and dispersion.
Review of Communization and its Discontents
Published in Anarchy: A Journal Of Desire Armed #74
Anthologies are always tricky. The job of an editor includes surveying the intellectual landscape for as much of a similar understanding of the topic as possible, then finding the right contributions from the right authors, and gathering them together in as coherent a manner as possible. This doesn't always work out the way the editor or a publisher might want. Anthologies are always a mixed bag as well, with some contributions making more of an impression and others being totally forgettable. Part of the challenge with an anthology concerning trends in this particular intellectual radical theory is that there are some seriously divergent understandings and theorizing about this communization stuff, both from inside and outside the tendency. Much to Minor Compositions' and Noys' credit, the essays in this anthology span a wide range of opinions and assessments about communization, from unqualified excitement through qualified enthusiasm to qualified skepticism, if not dismissal.
Occupy the Mexican Consulate in New York City, June 19-20, 2014
Thursday Jun 19 at 3:00pm to Friday Jun 20 at 5:00pm at
Mexican Consulate 27 E 39th St btw. Madison & Park Aves,
nr. #4, 5, 6, S, 7, B, D, F, M, N, Q, R, 1, 2, 3 & 42nd St. cross town bus: http://goo.gl/Oqy0cx ; buses: goo.gl/97dMyW description: https://www.facebook.com/events/1416636688614361/ ``two day occupation...come any time``\
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Occupy the Mexican Consulate in NYC to stop the deadly attacks on the Zapatistas and their teachers
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WHAT Non-violent protest to stop the paramilitary deadly attacks on the Zapatista autonomous communities who are resisting the predator corporate power, defending the land, the natural resources of the jungle, and building a horizontal, leaderless community for a world where many worlds fit.
As Sub-Commander Moises highlights, ``we will not respond with violence`` .
WHERE Mexican Consulate
27 E 39th St, New York, New York 10016
WHEN This is a 2-day occupation, from THURSDAY 19 at 3 pm to FRIDAY 20t at 5 pm. New York Civil Rights Legendary Attorney Norman Siegel has agreed to be a legal observer and advisor for this Occupation. You can come anytime and stay for as long as you can!
WHO An initiative originated in the heart of our fellow John Penley,
[ facebook.com/john.r.penley ; facebook.com/john.penley.3 -t.] growing in the hearts of many others, with the help of the
OWS Zapatista Solidarity Network. [ facebook.com/OccupySolidarityNetwork ]
In response to the May 2, 2014 paramilitary attack on the Zapatista community of La Realidad and the killing of community member Companero Galeano, over 2000 organizations, intellectuals, and activists from North America and beyond – includding Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Junot Diaz, Cornel West, Emory Douglas, the IWW, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and many, many others –" denounced this violence and called for a week of action in solidarity with the pain and rage of the Zapatista communities.
During the week of May 18-24, companer@s in solidarity in more than 40 cities across the world responded to this call. Their actions, reported to the Anattackonusall.org website, circulated through the corresponding facebook and twitter account, andcovered in the free and independent media in English, Spanish, Greek, and Italian, included: demonstrations at consulates and corporations, in the streets, and in public spaces; conferences and panel discussions on Zapatismo and autonomy; silent marches and memorials; readings, info sessions, teach-ins, and study groups; art installations, video and banner production, concerts, poetry readings, and Zapatista documentary screenings; fund-raisers, flyer distribution, e-graffiti actions, and encampments, and email and phone campaigns to Mexican Consulates across the US as well as to the office of Manuel Velasco, Governor of Chiapas, and more.
 Do you want to help re-build the school that was destroyed in La Realidad Autonomous community?
``The capitalist government at its three levels [federal, state and local] destroyed the autonomous school and the autonomous clinic and the hose from where the water comes and, with that, they want to put an end to the Zapatista fight. Zapatista people don`t forget that the government destroyed their first community Aguascalientes, and then Zapatista women and men built other five Aguascalientes. And when they destroyed the humble houses of our MAREZ authorities (Municipios Autónomos Rebeldes Zapatistas) in 1998 (…) the MAREZ kept working following their path and stronger†- Subcommander Insurgent Moisés.
"We want to let all our comrades in Mexico and the world know that we have opened a bank account in the name of our dear compañera Fernanda Navarro, so deposits of money can be made to the campaign for the reconstruction of the school and clinic that were actually destroyed by the beast in the service of big capital" (See the picture with the bank information if you want to make a donation)


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Article: Thyrotropin receptor autoantibodies and early miscarriages in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis: A case-control study[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Abstract We have previously hypothesized that early miscarriage in women with Hashimoto thyroiditis might be the result of a cross-reactivity process, in which blocking autoantibodies against thyrotropin receptor (TSHr-Ab) antagonize hCG action on its receptor on the corpus luteum. To test this hypothesis from the clinical perspective, we investigated the presence of TSHr-Ab in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients with apparently unexplained, first-trimester recurrent miscarriages compared to that in Hashimoto thyroiditis patients with documented normal fertility. A total of 86 subjects (43 cases and 43 age-matched controls) were finally included in a case-control study. No difference in the prevalence of TSHr-Ab positivity was detected between cases and controls (Fisher's exact test, p value = 1.00). In patients with recurrent miscarriages, TSHr-Ab concentrations did not predict the number of miscarriages (univariate linear regression, p value = 0.08). These results were robust in sensitivity analyses, including only cases with full investigation or those with three or more miscarriages. We conclude that no role could be advocated for TSHr-Ab in the aetiology of recurrent miscarriages in women with Hashimoto thyroiditis.Gynecological Endocrinology 06/2013; 29(8). DOI:10.3109/09513590.2013.801449 · 1.33 Impact Factor
Article: Semen analysis by electron and fluorescence microscopy in a case of partial hydatidiform mole reveals a high incidence of abnormal morphology, diploidy, and tetraploidy[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To perform a highly detailed semen analysis in a man whose wife had a partial mole. Case report. Gynecology departments of two university hospitals and a laboratory of histology/embryology. A 32-year-old man whose wife had a partial mole. Sperm characteristics were examined by light microscopy, morphology was analysed by electron microscopy (TEM), DNA fragmentation was evaluated by TUNEL using fluorescence microscopy, and chromosomal abnormalities were assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization using probes for chromosomes 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, X, and Y. Sperm count, motility, morphology, DNA fragmentation, and incidence of diploidy, tetraploidy, and aneuploidy. Sperm concentration was 61 million/mL, with 31% progressive motility and 4% normal morphology. TEM revealed a high incidence of head, neck, and tail abnormalities as well as the presence of phagocytes. DNA fragmentation was within normal limits (11.6%). Aneuploidy levels were low for all chromosomes tested. However, there was a high level of diploidy, with XY, XX, and YY constitution. Tetraploid sperm (XXYY) were also noted. Semen analysis revealed a high incidence of abnormal morphology and increased diploidy. It may be important to perform FISH testing, to verify increased diploidy in sperm, in men whose wives have had partial moles. These couples could be informed of the option to have preimplantation genetic diagnosis as a means to distinguish between diploid and triploid embryos arising from fertilization of a haploid egg by diploid sperm.Fertility and sterility 02/2011; 95(7):2430.e1-5. DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.161 · 4.59 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Introduction: The pathophysiology of subfertility in men with varicocele remains unclear as well as the role of inhibin B (Inh-B) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). The aim of this study was to evaluate Inh-B and AMH concentrations in the spermatic vein of subfertile men with varicocele. Patients and Methods: A total of 61 subfertile men with varicocele and 31 fertile controls underwent standard andrological evaluation. All subfertile men underwent varicocelectomy, during which blood samples were obtained from the spermatic vein to evaluate Inh-B and AMH concentrations. Results: Peripheral vein Inh-B concentrations in men with varicocele were lower as compared to controls (52.9 [8.3-136.0) vs 116±9.7 ng/dL, P = .001). There was no difference in AMH concentrations (10.2 [4.4-45.4]) vs 10.4±0.8 pg/dL, P = 0.9). Spermatic vein Inh-B concentrations in men with varicocele were higher compared to those of peripheral vein (87.6±4.4 vs 52.9 [8.3-136.0] ng/dL, P = .001). On the contrary, spermatic vein AMH concentrations were lower compared to those from peripheral vein (8.84 [3.9-47.7] vs 10.2 [4.4-45.4] pg/dL, P = .013). Conclusions: Inh-B constitutes a reliable marker of Sertoli cell function as well as spermatogenesis. On the contrary, the clinical significance of AMH in men with varicocele remains to be elucidated.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 02/2011; 18(6):551-5. DOI:10.1177/1933719110393024 · 2.23 Impact Factor
Article: A man with 47, XYY karyotype, prolactinoma and a history of first trimester recurrent miscarriages in his wife[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The clinical and laboratory features as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of men with XYY syndrome have not been fully described. A 41-year-old infertile man was diagnosed as having a 47,XYY karyotype and a micro-prolactinoma. His 32-year-old wife had a history of five spontaneous pregnancies, all resulting in first trimester miscarriages. Three in-vitro fertilization (IVF) attempts were made with no biochemical pregnancy. During the third attempt, a pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was performed by fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) technique. Only one out of six (16%) embryos had normal karyotype. Conclusions: (1) Karyotypic analysis of both partners is a sine qua non investigation for recurrent miscarriages; (2) the XYY syndrome results in high frequency of embryo aneuploidy; (3) PGD by FISH can contribute to the transferring of chromosomally normal embryos in cases of parental chromosomal defects; (4) investigation for a prolactinoma should be considered in men with XYY syndrome.Hormones (Athens, Greece) 01/2011; 10(1):72-5. DOI:10.14310/horm.2002.1295 · 1.20 Impact Factor
Article: Intravenous albumin administration for the prevention of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: A systematic review and metaanalysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To reappraise the currently available evidence, providing the answer to the following question: does intravenous albumin administration reduce the risk of severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) occurrence following ovarian stimulation with gonadotrophins and GnRH analogues for IVF in high-risk patients? Systematic review and metaanalysis. University-based hospital. Intravenous albumin administration in high-risk patients for prevention of severe OHSS occurrence. Severe OHSS occurrence. Eight eligible randomized controlled trials were identified (n=1,199 patients) that offered data for statistical pooling. No statistically significant difference in the occurrence of severe OHSS in patients who received intravenous albumin (n=595) and those who did not (n=604; odds ratio [OR], 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.52-1.22) was detected. Moreover, no statistically significant differences were present regarding the probability of pregnancy (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.64-1.07) and first trimester pregnancy loss (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 0.73-2.85) between patients who received intravenous albumin and those who did not. Based on the currently best available evidence, intravenous albumin administration in high-risk patients does not appear to reduce the occurrence of severe OHSS. This finding should be considered when implementing strategies for severe OHSS prevention.Fertility and sterility 01/2011; 95(1):188-96, 196.e1-3. DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.05.026 · 4.59 Impact Factor
Article: Inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone as markers of persistent spermatogenesis in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: A meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A non-invasive test, which could predict the presence of sperm during a testicular sperm extraction (TESE) procedure in men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), would be of profound clinical importance. Inhibin B (Inh-B) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) have been proposed as direct markers of Sertoli cell function and indirect markers of spermatogenesis. A search was conducted in the electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from inception through June 2009. Thirty-six different studies reported data on the predictive value of one or more index markers (serum Inh-B: 32 studies, seminal Inh-B: 5 studies, serum AMH: 2 studies, seminal AMH: 4 studies) and were included in the systematic review. Nine studies, which had serum Inh-B as index marker, met the predefined criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. Serum Inh-B demonstrated a sensitivity of 0.65 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.56-0.74) and a specificity of 0.83 (CI: 0.64-0.93) for the prediction of the presence of sperm in TESE. When the pre-test probability of 41% was incorporated in a Fagan's nomogram, resulted in a positive post-test probability of 73% and a negative post-test probability of 23% for the presence of sperm in TESE. Serum Inh-B cannot serve as a stand-alone marker of persistent spermatogenesis in men with NOA. Although limited, evidence on serum AMH and serum/seminal AMH do not support their diagnostic value in men with NOA.Human Reproduction Update 10/2010; 16(6):713-24. DOI:10.1093/humupd/dmq024 · 10.17 Impact Factor
Article: Dynamic endocrine test of inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone in men with non-obstructive azoospermia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Although both serum inhibin B (Inh-B) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations have been proposed as markers of spermatogenesis in men with subfertility, there are wide overlaps with fertile controls. The main aim of this study was to evaluate stimulated serum Inh-B and AMH concentrations in men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA). Thirty-seven men with NOA confirmed by testicular fine-needle aspiration and 17 fertile controls participated at this prospective, case-control study. All subjects underwent the Exogenous FSH SErtoli Reserve Test (EFSERT): estimation of serum Inh-B and AMH concentrations before, 24 and 48 hours after administration of 300 IU human recombinant FSH (hrFSH). Basal serum Inh-B and AMH concentrations, as well as Inh-B concentrations at 24 and 48 h were lower in men with NOA as compared to controls. No changes in Inh-B or AMH concentrations were recorded throughout the EFSERT in either men with NOA or controls nor when men with NOA were classified according to their clinical, hormonal and cytological diagnosis. Thus, stimulated serum concentrations of Inh-B and AMH, as obtained by an EFSERT, do not contribute to the diagnostic evaluation of the men with NOA, as the same information can be acquired by the basal serum concentrations of these hormones.Gynecological Endocrinology 10/2010; 27(9):661-5. DOI:10.3109/09513590.2010.521267 · 1.33 Impact Factor
Article: Risk of spontaneous miscarriage in euthyroid women with thyroid autoimmunity undergoing IVF: A meta-analysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To investigate whether thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) is associated with increased risk for spontaneous miscarriage in subfertile, euthyroid women undergoing IVF. Meta-analysis of observational studies. Four prospective studies that reported data on 1098 subfertile women undergoing IVF (141 with TAI and 957 controls) were included in the meta-analysis. Miscarriage risk ratio (RR). Clinical pregnancy rate and delivery rate. Euthyroid, subfertile women with TAI undergoing IVF demonstrated significantly higher risk for miscarriage compared with controls (four studies-fixed effects RR: 1.99, 95% confidence interval: 1.42- 2.79, P<0.001). No significant difference in clinical pregnancy and delivery rates was detected between groups. Based on the currently available evidence, it appears that the presence of TAI is associated with an increased risk for spontaneous miscarriage in subfertile women achieving a pregnancy through an IVF procedure.European Journal of Endocrinology 12/2009; 162(4):643-52. DOI:10.1530/EJE-09-0850 · 4.07 Impact Factor
Article: Maternal physical activity before and during early pregnancy as a risk factor for gestational diabetes mellitus[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to assess whether the levels of physical activity before and during early pregnancy are associated with the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). The study group included 160 puerperas. Among them, 40 (25%) diagnosed as having GDM during their recent pregnancy, whereas the remaining 120 (75%) served as controls. The international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ-Greek version) was applied twice, in an attempt to estimate the level of physical activity before and during early pregnancy. Women who were "inactive" before or during early pregnancy had odds ratio (OR) 7.9 [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.7-16.56] and 1.3 (95% CI 1.2-1.4) of developing GDM, compared to "minimally active" or "active" women, respectively. Pregnancy resulted in a decrease in the level of physical activity (P < 0.005) during early pregnancy, independently of the diagnosis of GDM and morbidity during early pregnancy. We conclude that physical inactivity before and during early pregnancy is associated with increased risk for developing GDM in late pregnancy.Acta Diabetologica 08/2009; 47(Suppl 1):83-9. DOI:10.1007/s00592-009-0136-1 · 2.40 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Seminal plasma transferrin levels were estimated in 51 men with various infertility problems and in 15 fertile subjects. The estimation of transferrin was carried out by using the radial immunodiffusion technique on LC-partigen transferrin plates. The mean value of transferrin decreased (p less than .05) in cases of azoospermia (91 +/- 51 micrograms/ejaculate). No significant difference was found in other sperm quality disorders (asthenoteratospermia = 227 +/- 141, mild OTA = 186 +/- 96, severe OTA = 247 +/- 137 micrograms/ejaculate). The mean value of transferrin decreased (p less than .05) in obstructive azoospermia cases (73 +/- 70 micrograms/ejaculate), whereas in the other causes of infertility no statistical differences were found. Transferrin was correlated with sperm count, sperm volume, and serum LH.Archives of Andrology 07/2009; 28(2):125-33. DOI:10.3109/01485019208987690 · 0.89 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The mechanism explaining the association between first-trimester spontaneous miscarriages and the presence of thyroid autoimmunity remains unclear. Glycoprotein hormone receptors form a receptor subfamily, in which significant structural similarity is observed. Cross-reactivity between chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and their receptors (R) is suggested by the thyrotropic action of hCG during pregnancy and in patients with choriocarcinomas as well as by reports of precocious puberty in patients with juvenile hypothyroidism. If TSH can activate LH/CG-R, then, the TSH-R blocking autoantibodies could bind and block LH/CG-R in the corpus luteum through a similar cross-reactivity process. This inhibition could lead to a decrease in steroid hormones production, essential for the support of pregnancy during the first trimester and result in spontaneous miscarriages. This hypothesis, if confirmed, might have major clinical implications, such as the detection of high-risk pregnancies and the elucidation of progesterone role in the prevention of miscarriages.Medical Hypotheses 07/2009; 73(6):1060-2. DOI:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.05.012 · 1.07 Impact Factor
Article: Adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and a meta-analysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Conflicting results regarding adiponectin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been reported. To evaluate adiponectin levels in PCOS, a systematic review of all studies comparing adiponectin levels in women with PCOS with healthy controls and a meta-analysis of those involving women with similar body mass index (BMI) were performed. The influence of possible effect modifiers, such as insulin resistance (IR) and testosterone, was investigated. The influence of obesity was investigated through a 'nested' meta-analysis after within-study BMI stratification and appropriate pooling. Literature search was conducted through MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane CENTRAL (through June 2008), references from relevant studies and personal contact with the authors. Thirty-one studies, reporting data on 3469 subjects, were reviewed and 16 included in the main meta-analysis. Women with PCOS demonstrated significantly lower adiponectin values [weighted mean difference (95% confidence interval) -1.71 (-2.82 to -0.6), P < 10(-4)], yet with significant between-study heterogeneity. Lower adiponectin levels are associated with the IR observed in women with PCOS, compared with controls. IR, but not total testosterone, was found significant among biological parameters explored in the meta-regression model. Hypoadiponectinaemia was present in both lean and obese women with PCOS when compared with non-PCOS counterparts. Data on high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin are limited (three studies). After controlling for BMI-related effects, adiponectin levels seem to be lower in women with PCOS compared with non-PCOS controls. Low levels of adiponectin in PCOS are probably related to IR but not to testosterone. Total adiponectin should not be used as a biomarker of PCOS severity. Further investigation is needed for HMW adiponectin levels in PCOS.Human Reproduction Update 01/2009; 15(3):297-307. DOI:10.1093/humupd/dmp006 · 10.17 Impact Factor
Article: Risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and a meta-analysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To evaluate the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Tertiary Department of Reproductive Endocrinology. Five thousand two hundred ninety-three pregnant women (721 with PCOS and 4,572 controls without PCOS). Literature search in the electronic databases MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL, study of the references of all relevant trials or reviews, and manual search of the abstracts from the major meetings in the field of human reproduction. Gestational diabetes mellitus odds ratio. Women with PCOS demonstrated a significantly higher risk for the development of GDM as compared with women without PCOS (odds ratio 2.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.68-4.98), yet with significant statistical heterogeneity (I(2) = 59.3%), durable to sensitivity analysis. In the subgroup of cohort studies, this finding remained robust (7.11, 95% CI 2.95-17.12), whereas in the subgroup of case-control studies, it did not (0.89, 95% CI 0.38-2.06). Metaregression modeling revealed a linear dependence of the outcome on study type and baseline risk (post hoc). Significant heterogeneity among studies and dependence of the outcome on study type make the higher risk of GDM in women with PCOS a questionable finding. The conduction of properly designed studies should precede any recommendation to pregnant women with PCOS in regard to the risk of GDM.Fertility and sterility 09/2008; 92(2):667-77. DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.06.045 · 4.59 Impact Factor
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Article: Serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels differentiate control from subfertile men but not men with different causes of subfertility[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To determine stimulated serum anti-Mllerian hormone (AMH) levels in men with different causes of subfertility. We prospectively studied 82 subfertile men and 31 controls. The subfertile men underwent a diagnostic procedure to identify the causes of subfertility. Study parameters included testicular volume, levels of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, total testosterone, prolactin, inhibin B and AMH, and sperm parameters. Clinical diagnoses in subfertile men were idiopathic non-obstructive azoospermia (n = 26, 32%), idiopathic non-obstructive dyspermia (n = 17, 21%), varicocele (n = 16, 20%), cryptorchidism (n = 10, 12%) and other diagnoses (n = 13, 16%). Serum AMH levels in subfertile men were 60% lower than in controls [median (interquartile range) 4.6 (3.6) vs. 11.6 (7.7) ng/ml, p 0.001], with no significant differences among the different groups of subfertile men. Serum AMH levels differentiate control from subfertile men but not men with different causes of subfertility.Gynecological Endocrinology 04/2008; 24(3):158-60. DOI:10.1080/09513590701672314 · 1.33 Impact Factor
Article: Serum inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone are not superior to follicle-stimulating hormone as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular fine-needle aspiration in men with azoospermia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To compare FSH, inhibin B (INHB), and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as predictors of the recovery of sperm in testicular fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNA) performed in men with azoospermia. Cross-sectional, clinical study. Academic Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology. Fifty-one men with azoospermia and 31 controls. Testicular FNA. Serum FSH, INHB, and AMH levels. Clinical diagnoses in men with azoospermia were idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia (n = 34, 67%), cryptorchidism (n = 4, 8%), varicocele (n = 3, 6%), and other diagnoses (n = 10, 16%). In pairwise comparison of receiver operating characteristic curves, none of FSH (area under curve 0.716), INHB (0.610), AMH (0.565), or volume of the larger testis (0.693) was proved to be superior to the others as predictor of sperm retrieval during an FNA procedure. Similarly, in a logistic regression analysis, none of FSH, AMH, INHB, or volume of the larger testis could predict presence of sperm in FNA. Serum INHB and AMH, as well as their combination, are not superior to FSH as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular FNA in men with azoospermia and should not be used for this purpose.Fertility and sterility 04/2008; 91(4):1279-84. DOI:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.010 · 4.59 Impact Factor
Article: ThinPrep are superior to conventional smears in the cytological diagnosis of subfertile men by testicular fine-needle aspiration[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was the comparison of liquid-based cytology (ThinPrep, TS) to conventional smears (CS) in the investigation of subfertile men with testicular fine-needle aspiration (FNA). Between January and December 2004, testicular FNA biopsies were performed in 30 subfertile men. Both TS and CS were diagnosed according to Meng classification. Features specifically recorded in each smear included sample adequacy, tissue cells preservation, contamination with red blood cells, quality of smear background, ease of cell recognition, and the cytological diagnosis. There was agreement in the cytological diagnosis between TS and CS (P = 0.88) and sample adequacy (P = 0.73). TS was superior to CS regarding cell preservation, presence of red blood cells or tissue artifacts, quality of the smear background, and cell recognition (P < 0.0001). In testicular FNA cytology, TS appear to be superior to CS in respect to cell preservation, absence of red blood cells, background quality, and cell recognition. These advantages, however, are not translated in improved cytological diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2008;36:1–7.Diagnostic Cytopathology 01/2008; 36(1):1-7. DOI:10.1002/dc.20728 · 1.12 Impact Factor
Article: Serum inhibin-B and follicle stimulating hormone as predictors of the presence of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Inhibin-B (Inh-B) is produced by Sertoli cells and controls Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secretion through a negative feedback mechanism. The primary aim of this study was to compare Iotanh-B with FSH as predictors of the recovery of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate in men with azoospermia. In 51 men with azoospermia basal values of Luteinizing Hormone (LH), FSH, prolactin and testosterone as well as Inh-B values before and 24 h and 48 h after the administration of 300 IU recombinant human FSH were determined. Testicular Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) was also carried out. Thirty-one young healthy men were also enrolled in the study as controls. There was significant difference between men with azoospermia and controls with regard to the basal Inh-B levels [median (interquartile range) 37.2 (36) vs. 103.0 (90) pg/mL, respectively, p=0.003] but not to the stimulated Inh-B levels [40.5 (41) vs. 73.0 (44) pg/mL, p=0.113 at 24 h and 34.3 (34) vs. 82.0 (50) pg/mL, p=0.098 at 48 h)]. The Area Under Curve in Receiver Operating Characteristic curves were similar for Inh-B and FSH (0.610 vs. 0.716, respectively, p=0.151) as far as prediction of sperm retrieval is concerned. Basal serum Inh-B values are significantly lower in men with azoospermia compared to controls. However, Inh-B is not superior to FSH in predicting the presence of sperm in testicular fine needle aspirate.Hormones (Athens, Greece) 11/2007; 7(2):140-7. · 1.20 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Varicocele is among the most common causes of male infertility. It is also one of the most controversial issues in the field of Andrology, especially regarding why, when and to whom varicocelectomy should be applied. Many experts believe that the surgical repair of varicocele should be applied only in a meticulously selected group of infertile men, although there are no generally accepted criteria. Up to now, the only confirmed prognostic factor for achievement of pregnancy after varicocelectomy is the age of the female partner. Given the wide application of intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) during the last few years, the modern research approaches should compare the benefits of varicocelectomy and ICSI, taking under consideration both the efficacy and the cost-effectiveness of the methods.Hippokratia 08/2007; 11(3):99-104. · 0.37 Impact Factor
Article: R831X mutation of the androgen receptor gene in an adolescent with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and bilateral testicular hamartomata[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: An 18-year old, phenotypically female individual was examined for primary amenorrhea. Three months before her referral, the patient underwent surgery and a pelvic mass was removed. The physical examination revealed normal female external genitalia, normal breast development, sparse pubic hair and absence of axillary hair. The gynecological examination revealed a short blind vagina pouch and absence of cervix and uterus. Serum testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels were very high. Karyotype was that of a normal male (46,XY). The transabdominal ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed absence of uterus and fallopian tubes and revealed testis-like gonads located at the internal opening of the inguinal canal bilaterally. Bilateral gonadectomy was subsequently performed. The pathology report was that of "hamartomatous testes" and associated paratesticular leiomyoma. The clinical, laboratory, imaging, genetic and histological findings confirmed the diagnosis of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. DNA analysis revealed a R831X mutation in exon 7 of the androgen receptor gene. A Sertoli-cell dynamic test showed elevated basal serum inhibin-B and anti-Müllerian hormone levels without further rise following FSH stimulation. The patient was started on hormone replacement therapy with conjugated estrogens. Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome must be considered in any case of primary amenorrhea. Gonadectomy must be planned to eliminate the risk of gonadal malignancy.Hormones (Athens, Greece) 07/2006; 5(3):200-4. DOI:10.14310/horm.2002.11185 · 1.20 Impact Factor
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