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Acta Physiologica Et Pharmacologica... Nov 1955
Topics: Animals; Delusions; Female; Humans; Mice; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 13301816
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Psychosomatics 1992Pseudocyesis, the delusion of pregnancy, has had an uncertain nosology, primarily because of the concentration on the content of the beliefs and lack of interest in the...
Pseudocyesis, the delusion of pregnancy, has had an uncertain nosology, primarily because of the concentration on the content of the beliefs and lack of interest in the underlying phenomenology. Six patients with a major mood disorder caused by cerebral dysfunction are presented in this article. The delusion is reviewed with respect to the entities it overlaps, and the clinical manifestations are related to the mood disorders. Although no clear neuroanatomic localization was possible with this group of patients, there may be some association with desomatization caused by parietal lobe dysfunction.
Topics: Adult; Aged; Antidepressive Agents; Antipsychotic Agents; Delusions; Depressive Disorder; Diagnosis, Differential; Electroencephalography; Female; Fluphenazine; Hospitalization; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Middle Aged; Neurocognitive Disorders; Parietal Lobe; Patient Readmission; Pseudopregnancy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Wechsler Scales
PubMed: 1357714
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American Journal of Obstetrics and... Jul 1970
Topics: Adult; Female; Humans; Magic; Pregnancy; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 5426234
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)34000-5 -
The Journal of Family Practice Jan 1993This case is an example of pseudocyesis in an incest survivor. Symptoms of pregnancy were unconsciously created by the patient to shield her from the memory of her...
This case is an example of pseudocyesis in an incest survivor. Symptoms of pregnancy were unconsciously created by the patient to shield her from the memory of her incest and at the same time confront the reality of her abuse. Her symptoms allowed her entrance into the medical system. Once in the system, it was just a matter of time before she was referred for psychological evaluation. The authors recommend that family physicians consider incest when evaluating patients who present with pseudocyesis.
Topics: Adolescent; Female; Humans; Incest; Male; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 8419509
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Hahnemann Hospital Tidings Oct 1946
Topics: Delusions; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 20283754
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Animal Science Journal = Nihon Chikusan... 2023This study was conducted to examine the effects of different pseudopregnancy periods in nonpregnant sows on artificial lactation induction efficiency and milk...
This study was conducted to examine the effects of different pseudopregnancy periods in nonpregnant sows on artificial lactation induction efficiency and milk composition. Sixteen pseudopregnant sows (n = 4 per group) were treated with 5 mg of estradiol dipropionate at 28 (Group D38), 35 (Group D45), 42 (Group D52), and 49 (Group D59) days after the end of estrus, followed by prostaglandin F as 0.175-mg cloprostenol twice at 12 h intervals 10 days later. The overall success rate of lactation induction was 81.3%. The lactation rates were significantly higher in Groups D38, D45, and D59 (100.0%) than in Group D52 (25.0%). The milk immunoglobulin (Ig) G concentration was significantly higher in Group D38 than in Group D59. However, IgA levels and milk compositions (protein, ash, and lactose) did not differ among the groups. Lactation induction was successful between 38 and 59 days of pseudopregnancy. Apart from IgG, pseudopregnancy length did not affect milk components from 38 to 59 days of pseudopregnancy.
Topics: Pregnancy; Swine; Animals; Female; Pseudopregnancy; Estrus; Prostaglandins F; Milk; Lactation
PubMed: 36752079
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Bailliere's Clinical Endocrinology and... Mar 1991
Review
Topics: Animals; Behavior; Female; Humans; Hyperprolactinemia; Pituitary Neoplasms; Prolactin; Prolactinoma; Pseudopregnancy; Reproduction; Stress, Physiological
PubMed: 2039425
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A.M.A. Archives of Neurology and... Jan 1951
Topics: Delusions; Female; Humans; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 14782783
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South Dakota Medicine : the Journal of... Apr 2018
Topics: Adult; Delivery, Obstetric; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pseudopregnancy
PubMed: 29996030
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Perceptual and Motor Skills Apr 1991Twenty-two percent of 106 undergraduate university women reported symptoms of pseudocyesis: cessation of menstruation, abdominal enlargement, morning sickness, and...
Twenty-two percent of 106 undergraduate university women reported symptoms of pseudocyesis: cessation of menstruation, abdominal enlargement, morning sickness, and breast changes. These women also displayed significant elevations in temporal lobe signs with particular involvement of putative right hemispheric processes. Women prone to pseudocyesis displayed more memory blanks, nocturnal akinesia, awareness of abdominal sensations, and exotic beliefs such as alien intelligence; the phenomenon was 10 times more frequent in Roman Catholic women than in Protestant women.
Topics: Arousal; Dominance, Cerebral; Fantasy; Female; Humans; Imagination; Pseudopregnancy; Temporal Lobe
PubMed: 1852557
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1991.72.2.499