Critical period for intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR), and biochemical parameters for tissue growth were studied in an animal model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in rats. Our research used 40 animals, fed Lieber and DeCarli liquid diets, distributed into 4 groups: C, or control--non-alcoholic--, ad libitum; E, or alcoholic, fed ad libitum; F, or alcoholic, pair fed to E; and P, non-alco...

Introduction : Thyroid dysfunction is one of the most common endocrine disorder affecting women reproductive age group including pregnancy. There are a few reports prevalence hypothyroidism during pregnancy from India with rate ranging 4.8% to 11%, Subclinical Hypothyroidism as high 13.5 % women. Aim & Objective: To study incidence sub clinical and its outcome both in fetus mother. Material...

this is a field study, tile purpose was to measure and compare the use'. effectiveness and complication of iranian and foreign intra utcrin device ill women who have been using the mentioned method f or birth control ill family planning clinics of the university of medical sciences of iran (/ 993). iii this research by pois son statistical selection, 1620 samples of active record'! oj...

background: different protocols are used for controlled ovarian hyper stimulation (coh), but the optimal method has not yet been determined. objective: the aim of this study was to compare the outcome of controlled ovarian stimulation (cos) using clomiphen citrate (cc) plus hmg versus cc plus rfsh in intra uterine insemination cycles (iui). materials and methods: 144 women with unexplained or m...

Ribavirin (1-β-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide) is a water-soluble, guanosine nucleoside analog that mimics other purines, including inosine and adenosine. The current study was designed to assess the embryotoxic effect of ribavirin investigate its teratogenic on placental fetal liver tissues. In this study, 18 pregnant Wistar rats (165–185 g) 11–13 weeks old were orally administra...

OBJECTIVE To study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. All women were evaluated for the outcomes including abortion, preterm rapture of membranes, preterm labor, secon...

A new patient with trisomy for the chromosome segment 9pter----q22 is compared to 19 previously reported cases of partial trisomy 9. Manifestations such as microcephaly, prominent nasal root, bulbous nose, and down-turned corners of the mouth are common to patients with trisomic segments extending from 9p21 to 9q13, while intra-uterine growth retardation, cleft lip/palate, skeletal anomalies, a...

There is clear evidence of placental leptin production, as shown recently in trophoblast cultures and by dual in vitro placenta perfusion (median production of 225 pg/min per g of tissue; 98.4% released into the maternal and 1.6% into the fetal circulation). However, the physiological impact for the mother and the fetus is unclear. The classical role of leptin is to provide information about en...