abstract background: normal pregnancy and its successful outcome require intake of sufficient food. undesirable nutrition is directly associated with pregnancy outcome, therefore, its prevention is the best strategy to maintain maternal and fetal health. the present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition during pregnancy and associated factors in women of ardal county...

The administration of estrogens to man produces sustained elevation above normal levels of plasma 17-hydroxycorticosteroids (17-OHCS) (1, 2). The elevated levels of plasma 17-OHCS are associated with an augmented response of plasma levels of these steroids to exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and with a marked delay in the rate of clearance of exogenous cortisol from plasma (2). The ...

gle cause of death in the Western world. Patients with coronary artery disease cycle between asymptomatic phases, episodes of progressive angina and acute coronary syndromes. Cardiac troponin levels have a high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of non-STsegment elevation myocardial infarction. However, a large number of patients at risk of major coronary events do not present with my...

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is approved to be not pregnancy specific; it could localized in nonpregnant women endometrium. Thus, was of interest see if PAPP-A can capable preparing the uterine endometrium for implantation. However, relationship between serum and receptivity remains unclear. To evaluate there any correlation level associated with endometrial thickness resistan...

Pregnancy-mediated sodium (Na) retention is required to provide an increase in plasma volume for the growing fetus. The mechanisms responsible for this Na retention are not clear. We first used a targeted proteomics approach and found that there were no changes in the protein abundance compared with virgin rats of the β or γ ENaC, type 3 Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE3), bumetanide-sensitive cotrans...

BACKGROUND In the blood of pregnant women, pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) is present as a covalent complex with the proform of eosinophil major basic protein (proMBP). Recently, increased serum concentrations of PAPP-A have been found in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the circulating PAPP-A in ACS is the same as that in pregnancy...