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Endocrinology and physiology of pseudocyesis

Overview of attention for article published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, January 2013
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4 Wikipedia pages
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Title
Endocrinology and physiology of pseudocyesis
Published in
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/1477-7827-11-39
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Authors

Juan J Tarín, Carlos Hermenegildo, Miguel A García-Pérez, Antonio Cano

Abstract

This literature review on pseudocyesis or false pregnancy aims to find epidemiological, psychiatric/psychologic, gynecological and endocrine traits associated with this condition in order to propose neuroendocrine/endocrine mechanisms leading to the emergence of pseudocyetic traits. Ten women from 5 selected studies were analyzed after applying stringent criteria to discriminate between cases of true pseudocyesis (pseudocyesis vera) versus delusional, simulated or erroneous pseudocyesis. The analysis of the reviewed studies evidenced that pseudocyesis shares many endocrine traits with both polycystic ovarian syndrome and major depressive disorder, although the endocrine traits are more akin to polycystic ovarian syndrome than to major depressive disorder. Data support the notion that pseudocyetic women may have increased sympathetic nervous system activity, dysfunction of central nervous system catecholaminergic pathways and decreased steroid feedback inhibition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Although other neuroendocrine/endocrine pathways may be involved, the neuroendocrine/endocrine mechanisms proposed in this review may lead to the development of pseudocyetic traits including hypomenorrhea or amenorrhea, galactorrhea, diurnal and/or nocturnal hyperprolactinemia, abdominal distension and apparent fetal movements and labor pains at the expected date of delivery.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
India 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Unknown 97 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 16%
Student > Postgraduate 10 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 8%
Student > Master 8 8%
Other 28 28%
Unknown 20 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 33%
Psychology 8 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 25 25%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 33. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 July 2022.
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#1,102,421
of 23,975,876 outputs
Outputs from Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
#52
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#9,641
of 286,693 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
#2
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