Tetrasomy Y is a very rare event, especially when it is present in a complete form. It is determined by complex rearrangement of the Y chromosome. Clinical features include psychomotor delay, skeletal abnormalities and facial dysmorphism. We report on a case of prenatal diagnosis of non-mosaic tetrasomy Yp, performed by karyotype and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on fetal blood. The...

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the indications and outcomes of prenatal invasive diagnostic procedures performed in a single tertiary center.
 Materials Methods: The procedure karyotype results 1666 pregnant women who underwent between March 2016 November 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. recorded.
 Results: Amniocentesis (AS) was 1060 (63.6%) patients, corion villus samplin...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most widely prevalent cyst forming Apicomplexan parasites with significant impact on animal production particularly in sheep, goats and pigs. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to estimate the seroprevalence and to assess risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs. A systematic random sampling technique was used to collect 402 b...

The concentrations in cord blood of total immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the four subclasses of IgG were measured in 34 fetuses at a mean gestational age of 25 weeks (range, 18 to 35 weeks). The blood samples were obtained by percutaneous umbilical blood sampling, and results were compared with the respective IgG subclass concentrations of the mothers. The efficiency of transplacental transfer of t...

OBJECTIVES The goal of smart homes is to create an intelligent environment adapting the inhabitants need and assisting the person who needs special care and safety in their daily life. This can be reached by collecting the ADL (activities of daily living) data and further analysis within existing computing elements. In this research, a very recent algorithm named sequence prediction via enhance...

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a unique disease entity characterized by an alarming purple discoloration of the urine secondary to recurrent urinary tract infections with indigo- and indirubin-producing bacteria. It is usually associated with prolonged urinary catheterization and chronic debilitated states. We hereby present a concise review of this rare phenomenon with historic perspectiv...

OBJECTIVES To experimentally compare the standard 22G spinal needle with a newer 23G needle with specific ultrasound visualisation tip (Cook echotip®, Spencer, Indiana, USA) in the setting of ultrasound-guided invasive intrauterine procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS We first determined the size of the defects created in human fetal membranes using light microscopy and adapted area calculating ...

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS), as the name implies produces purplish discoloration of the urine. It is commonly observed among elderly women with constipation, and individuals with long term catheter in the setting of urinary tract infection (UTI). From the literature research, there were no publications on PUBS in Malaysia; however we believe that it is underreported. We present a unique ca...