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* 1972 - Research on hCG at NIH by Judith Vaitukaitis and Griff Ross | * 1972 - Research on hCG at NIH by Judith Vaitukaitis and Griff Ross | ||
* 1978 - USA first home pregnancy tests available. | * 1978 - USA first home pregnancy tests available. | ||
==References== | |||
===Reviews=== | |||
<pubmed></pubmed> | |||
<pubmed></pubmed> | |||
<pubmed>15838116</pubmed> | |||
PMID 1117063 | |||
PMID 4823920 | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 13 November 2012
Pregnancy Testing
Introduction
History
- 1928 - Bernhard Zondek and Selman Aschheim procedure that measured the increase in gonadotrophic substance in the urine of a pregnant woman.
- Immature mice injection with urine led to ovarian changes after a few days
- Xenopus clawed frog replaced mice, injection with urine stimulated the females to lay eggs that were easily seen the next day.
- 1960s - immunological tests for chorionic gonadotropin.
- 1972 - Research on hCG at NIH by Judith Vaitukaitis and Griff Ross
- 1978 - USA first home pregnancy tests available.
References
Reviews
<pubmed></pubmed> <pubmed></pubmed> <pubmed>15838116</pubmed>
PMID 1117063
PMID 4823920
External Links
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