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==Overview== | |||
The '''Aschheim-Zondek test''' is an obsolete pregnancy test. It is based upon the observation that when urine from a female in the early months of pregnancy is injected into immature female mice, the ovaries of the mice enlarge and show follicular maturation. The test was considered reliable, with an error rate of less than 2%.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Evans |first=Herbert M. |authorlink= |coauthors=Simpson, Miriam E. |year=1930 |month= |title=Aschheim-Zondek test for pregnancy - its present status. |journal=Calif West Med |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=145-8 |id= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1657362 |accessdate=2009-02-09 |quote= }}</ref> | The '''Aschheim-Zondek test''' is an obsolete pregnancy test. It is based upon the observation that when urine from a female in the early months of pregnancy is injected into immature female mice, the ovaries of the mice enlarge and show follicular maturation. The test was considered reliable, with an error rate of less than 2%.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Evans |first=Herbert M. |authorlink= |coauthors=Simpson, Miriam E. |year=1930 |month= |title=Aschheim-Zondek test for pregnancy - its present status. |journal=Calif West Med |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=145-8 |id= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1657362 |accessdate=2009-02-09 |quote= }}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:31, 8 August 2012
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Overview
The Aschheim-Zondek test is an obsolete pregnancy test. It is based upon the observation that when urine from a female in the early months of pregnancy is injected into immature female mice, the ovaries of the mice enlarge and show follicular maturation. The test was considered reliable, with an error rate of less than 2%.[1]
References
- ↑ Evans, Herbert M. (1930). "Aschheim-Zondek test for pregnancy - its present status". Calif West Med. 32 (3): 145–8. Retrieved 2009-02-09. Unknown parameter
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