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ENDOMETRIAL ENZYMATIC DEFECTS IN STERILITY
Author(s) -
Jensen Henning,
Sørensen Gudik,
Pedersen Henning
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb01826.x
Subject(s) - sterility , ovulation , alkaline phosphatase , pentose , endometrium , enzyme , endometrial biopsy , andrology , biology , chemistry , gynecology , biochemistry , endocrinology , medicine , genetics , hormone , fermentation
The activities of alkaline and acid phosphatases and of dehydrogenases (NADH, LDH, SDH, α‐glyc. and G‐6‐DH) have been studied in a material of endometrial biopsy specimens taken about six days after the ovulation from 23 women with undesired childlessness. The results are in fair agreement with those of previous examinations of the endometrium, except regarding the activity of G‐6‐DH, which varied considerably. In six women with no detectable cause of sterility no activity of G‐6‐DH could be demonstrated. The possibility of a causative relation between blocking of the pentose shunt and sterility is suggested.