We measured deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and progesterone (P) in plasma of 47 women pregnant with a dead fetus and sequentially throughout gestation in 35 women pregnant with a live fetus. When P levels in plasma were low, the plasma levels of DOC in women pregnant with a dead fetus varied but usually were similar to those in women pregnant with a live fetus. However, when P levels were high, the ...

Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum has been isolated from reptiles and humans. This Campylobacter subspecies is genetically distinct from other C. fetus subspecies. Here, we present the first whole-genome sequence for this C. fetus subspecies.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fetus prenatally diagnosed with neck tumors, or with any other disease that obstructs the airways, should not be treated conventionally, as the assistant physician has to face two challenges right after the infant's delivery: the limited time to establish the access to the potentially difficult airways and the lack of anesthesia of the neonate in case of instrumentatio...

Excess nutritional supply to the growing fetus, resulting from maternal diabetes and obesity, is associated with increased risks of fetal maldevelopment adverse metabolic conditions in postnatal life. The placenta, interposed between mother serves as gateway two circulations usually considered mediate exposures fetus through a direct line. In this Perspective, however, we argue that placenta no...

It is known that the pathological course of pregnancy associated with a disturbance in interdependent “mother-fetus” complex and leads to specific clinical consequences at molecular-cellular, tissue, organ, organismal population levels organization. In case violation placentation (placental barrier), state immune conflict occurs, characterized by an antigen-antibody reaction, carried out throug...

The self-defense argument maintains that, even if a fetus is person, (pre-viable) abortion on demand morally permissible the grounds that using his mother’s body in an intimate way, and, unwanted pregnancy, without her ongoing consent. According to argument, this sort of use justifies lethal part mother against fetus. I produce counterexample one premises and show it cannot be successfully revi...

background: methamphetamine (ma) is one of most common illicit drugs which were reported that nearly half of ma consumers are women. ma can cross through placenta and affects pregnancy and fetus development. objective: our aim was to evaluate effects of injected ma on crown-rump length, head and placental circumference, body weight, histological changes and apoptosis in fetus. materials and met...

miconazole is an imidazole antifungal agent, commonly applied topically to the skin or mucous membranes. the aim of this study was to examine the alternative method for gaining mechanism or the bimolecular changes caused by the possible teratogenic effects of miconazole on mice fetus brain tissue using ftir-microspectroscopy. the mice were injected with miconazole (60 mg/kg) on gestation day 9....

we present unusual retained remnants of hidden conjoined twin of possible abdominal pagus after 21 years who presented with abdomenpain and incidentally have found his forbidden conjoined twin. he presented for many years with a palpable epigastric mass, and recent abdominal pain, early satiety, nausea and vomiting. the mass was a like deformed fetus weighing 815 gr who was anencephalic and dep...

objective: a secondary ectopic pregnancy is defined as continuing development of a fetus in the abdominal cavity after rupture of the uterine wall, which may be associated with a history of trauma. methods: a cat was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital of the university of tehran with history of anorexia and vaginal bleeding. in clinical examination some masses werepalpated in abdomina...