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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The localization and concentration of copper in the fallopian tube in women

with or without an intrauterine contraceptive device.

AUTHORS

Wollen AL; Sandvei R; Skare A; Justesen NP

SOURCE

Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 1994 Mar;73(3):195-9.

ABSTRACT

During laparoscopic sterilization at a hospital in Bergen, Norway, surgeons removed a 1 cm segment of the

macroscopic isthmic portion of the fallopian tube from 40 healthy, nonpregnant women. They used light microscopic

and atomic absorption spectrophometric techniques to localize and measure the concentration of copper in cryostat

sections of the fallopian tubes of 20 women who had used a copper releasing IUD for more than six months and of

20 other women who used neither an IUD nor an hormonal contraceptive. Copper was visually present in the

epithelium, but weakly so, in few of the biopsies from the non-IUD users. In IUD users, it accumulated throughout the

epithelium and dwindled in the lamina propria. Its mean concentration in the fallopian tube was 58% higher in IUD

users than non-IUD users (128.3 vs. 81.4 nmol/mg protein; p = 0.003). IUD use did not affect protein levels. The IUD

affected neither the concentration of copper nor of the copper-transporting protein, ceruloplasmin, in serum. These

findings suggest that the accumulation of copper in the fallopian tube in IUD users may effect morphological

changes and infiltration of inflammatory cells in the fallopian tube. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4059-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The localization and concentration of copper in the

fallopian tube in women with or without an intrauterine contraceptive device.", is(are) Wollen AL; Sandvei R; Skare

A; Justesen NP. The source of this article is "Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 1994 Mar;73(3):195-

9.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4059-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9059

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