Abstract

ZARATE, Arturo  and  HERNANDEZ-VALENCIA, Marcelino. The development of gynecobstetric endocrinology at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Perinatol. Reprod. Hum. [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.3, pp.174-177. ISSN 2524-1710.

Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala had succeeded in turning the Gabriel Mancera Maternity Hospital into the Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 1 (HGO 1), but he wanted it to be regarded as a center of scientific excellence with both domestic and international prestige, so it became essential to add scientific medicine to obtain academic credit. Thus, a laboratory was implemented to do some hormonal tests on urine, which later sustained the scientific medical research of gynecological endocrinology and the implementation of hormonal determinations with the novel technique of radioimmunoassay. Rudimentary laboratory tests that supplemented those traditionally used were also made to determine the degree of fetal development. Estriol and phospholipids measurements were the most common; they also helped to decide upon the use of glucocorticoids to improve lung immaturity. The HGO 1 was relocated to the south of the city, which contributed to modernize and improve the high specialty laboratories and to create the Department of Perinatology, which resulted in a boost to the research in the areas of perinatology and postpartum endocrinology. This included the physiology and pharmacological manipulation of breastfeeding and of the hypothalamus-adenohypophysis-ovary axis. This resulted in several publications related to the areas of diagnosis and therapy of hormonal dysfunctions in the physiological stages of puberty, gestation and puerperium.

Keywords : Gynecologic endocrinology; perinatology; hormones.

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