BACKGROUND Intra-uterine growth is a powerful predictor of infant mortality and of health, developmental and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood. The question about whether this relationship is causal rather than driven by unobserved characteristics of low-weight infants is, however, still open. We use twin models to examine the hypothesis that in utero growth has a detrimental impact on cognit...

Aim: To determine the fetomaternal outcome in morbidly adherent placenta Study design: Cross-sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department Obstetrics & Gynecology, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad from 1st January 2022 to 30th June 2022. Methodology: Forty five females were enrolled. The consent was taken every relevant patient having low lying with previous scar/surgery fol...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE To verify whether progesterone concentration is changed in the maternal serum of intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) pregnancies and to assess if there is a relationship between maternal progesterone and fetal Doppler velocimetry. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients with intrauterine growth retardation infants and thirty-seven pregnant women with appropriate for...

background: intrauterine insemination (iui) is the first therapeutic step in assisted reproductive techniques and many factors, including male and female infertility and technique-dependent factors, have been reported to influence pregnancy rates after iui. methods: we carried out this retrospective study on 1201 couples undergoing 3012 intrauterine insemination cycles during 2002 to 2009. preg...

A case of ring D13 chromosome, confirmed by trypsin banding, is described. Reviewing 21 cases from published reports, the most common features of this syndrome are microcephaly and associated mental retardation, poor uterine growth, deformed auricles, hypertelorism, epicanthus, broad nasal bridge, and genital defects in males.