Used to diagnose and treat a number of fertility problems including endometriosis, abdominal adhesions, and polycystic ovaries. Also used in egg retrieval for in vitro fertilization. Examination of the pelvic region by using a laparoscope is called a laparoscopy.
Test indicates a woman's physiologic response to pregnancy.
Women who test for high levels of leukocyte antibodies have a history of carrying pregnancies longer than women who exhibit low levels. Women who have low levels of leukocyte antibodies generally had pregnancies that ended by week 12, or their immune systems did not respond to the stimulus of pregnancy by creating blocking antibodies. Injecting a woman with her husband's or a donor's white blood cells to increase her fetal blocking antibodies and lower her NK cells. The testicular cell that produces the male hormone testosterone. The Leydig cell is stimulated by LH from the pituitary gland.