background: preeclampsia (pe) is a pregnancy specific syndrome that is associated with high maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. glucose regulated protein78 (grp78) is an endoplasmic reticulum (er) protein which is expressed on the cell surfaces of trophoblast cells under stress or hypoxic condition. grp78 has a role in aggressive behavior of invasive cells and may play a role in normal ...

Children's maternal, self, and marital representations were examined in 46 children 3 1/2 to 7 years old using the MacArthur Story Stem Battery. Children drawn from agencies serving battered women expressed fewer positive representations of their mothers and themselves, were more likely to portray interparental conflict as escalating, and were more avoidant and less coherent in their narratives...

sleep problems are common complaints among pregnant women. this study was designed to compare subjective sleep problems in non-pregnancy condition, healthy and preeclamptic pregnancy as a major complication of pregnancy. we hypothesized that some sleep problems are more prevalent in females with preeclampsia.in this cross-sectional study, 102 women with preeclampsia, 106 healthy pregnant women ...

AIM Congenital malformations and macrosomia in infants of women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) still occur, even if diabetic control is considered 'good' (i.e. HbA1c below the nonpregnant upper reference value of 6.3%). We, therefore, measured HbA1c in healthy, pregnant women to determine whether the upper reference value for pregnant women should be lower than the nonpregnant value. MET...