Plasma-exchange in the treatment of severe thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy (1984)
Poortman, J., Wiel, A. Van De, Kinderen, P.J. Der, Kater, L.
Three female patients with severe thyrotoxicosis, two of them pregnant 22 and 16 wk, respectively, were treated with plasma-exchange (PE) combined with anti-thyroid drugs. In both pregnant patients...
Measurement of endogenous subcellular concentration of steroids in tissue (1984)
Poortman, J., Helmond-Agema, A., Thussen, J.H.H.
A reliable method for the extraction of steroid hormones from human uterine tissue and the subsequent measurement of these hormones in the subcellular compartments by radioimmunoassay is described....
Rademaker, B., Vossenberg, J.B.J., Poortman, J., Thijssen, J.H.H.
The human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 is able to metabolize steroids, which are added in order to study the growth rate of these cells. The following steroids: estradiol-17β,...
Estrogen receptors in human vaginal tissue (1980)
Poortman, J., Agema, A.R., Thijssen, J.H.H.
The presence of specific estrogen receptors could be demonstrated in vaginal tissue, obtained during operation from 38 women, age 27–75 yr. In 23 premenopausal women the receptor concentration in...
Thijssen, J.H.H., Poortman, J., Schwarz, F.
The role of androgens and estrogens has been investigated in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. No differences were found in the urinary excretion of estrone and of estriol between 41 primary...