BACKGROUND Recent studies have reported developmental toxicity among rodents dosed with perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA). OBJECTIVES We examined the relationship between concentrations of PFOS and PFOA in cord serum (surrogates for in utero exposures) and gestational age, birth weight, and birth size in humans. METHODS We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectio...

STUDY DESIGN The effect of edaravone, a novel free radical scavenger, was assessed functionally and histologically using a rat spinal cord contusion model. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of edaravone on neuroprotection after spinal cord injury in rats. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The spinal cord injury results in immediate physical damage (primary injury), followed by a prolonged neural...

Article type: Original article Background & aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between lipid and apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) levels in maternal and umbilical cord sera as well as the effects of these components on anthropometric measurements of newborn infants. Methods: This correlational study was performed on 85 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) newborns and their mo...

conclusions high tc, tg and vldl were observed in our patients with sch. objectives the aim of this study was to assess differences in lipid profile parameters between subjects with and without sch in a north indian population. patients and methods serum lipid parameters of 70 patients with subclinical hypothyroidism and 100 age and sex matched euthyroid controls were evaluated in a cross-secti...

BACKGROUND Allergic reactions are responsible for much illness, irritation and disquiet in the life of the child. Recognition and management of allergy in childhood is of great importance to prevent major allergic syndromes. AIM To correlate cord serum IgE with parental history of allergy and maternal serum IgE. SETTINGS AND DESIGN In consultation with the attending gynecologist a survey of...

Either active immunization with trehalose-6, 6'-dimycolate (cord factor)-methylated bovine serum albumin complex or passive transfer of rabbit anti-cord factor serum induced in mice an enhanced resistance against infection with virulent human Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This suggests that the anti-cord factor antibody exerts an infection-protecting effect by neutralizing the toxic action of cor...

conclusions some other small studies have proved that statins were effective in regression of endometriosis implants and we have also proved that the levels of serum lipid profile was higher in patients suffering from endometriosis, perhaps higher levels of lipid profile has a significant etiologic role in pathogenesis of endometriosis. results we had 25 patients in endometriosis group and 50 i...