background: several studies have assessed the correlation of fetal choroid plexus cyst (cpc) and the risk of congenital anomalies, but few ones have discussed isolated cpc (with no other abnormal sonographic finding). objective: the aim of this study was to determine the outcome of isolated fetal choroid plexus cyst and to specify its clinical significance. materials and methods: this cross sec...

Campylobacter fetus currently comprises three recognized subspecies, which display distinct host association. Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus and C fetus subsp. venerealis are both associated with endothermic mammals, primarily ruminants, whereas C fetus subsp. testudinum is primarily associated with ectothermic reptiles. Both C. fetus subsp. testudinum and C. fetus subsp. fetus have been asso...

of the known mycotoxins, the most important in relation to direct hazard to human health are the aflatoxins produced by a large number of aspergillus spp. to determine the level of exposure of aflatoxin from mother to child and its mode of transfer. 70 pregnant women in the labor ward of the federal medical centre yola were investigated for their aflatoxin content by using the velasco fluorotox...

the thyroid structural changes in pregnant ewes and their fetuses were investigated. out of 100 pairs of thyroid glands collected from ewes and their fetuses at the local municipal abattoir in ahvaz city of khuzestan province, multiple lesions were seen in 59% and 21% of the thyroid glands of ewes and fetuses, respectively. histologically, ninety nine lesions in the ewes and twenty two lesions ...