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An ultrastructural study of menstrual blood in normal menstruation and dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Author(s) -
SHEPPARD B. L.,
DOCKERAY C. J.,
BONNAR J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08621.x
Subject(s) - dysfunctional uterine bleeding , menstruation , fibrin , uterine cavity , medicine , platelet , vagina , uterus , gynecology , menstrual cycle , physiology , obstetrics , endometrium , surgery , hormone , immunology
Summary. Menstrual fluid was obtained from the uterine cavity and vagina in 20 women within the first 48 h of menstruation. Ten of the women had normal menstrual cycles and blood loss and ten were patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The menstrual samples were examined by electron microscopy for the presence of fibrin and platelets and nearly all were found to contain both fibrin and aggregating platelets. By a simple quantitative system no differences in fibrin and platelet content were found between samples collected from the uterine cavity or the vagina. Likewise no difference was found in the morphology of fibrin and platelets between women with normal menstrual loss and patients with dysfunctional uterine bleeding.