Liver Function Tests in Normal Pregnant Women

Thyroid function studies in normal pregnant Tanzanian women.

Iodine deficiency is well known as a cause of several disorders such as endemic goiter and cretinism, along with a wide spectrum of psychoneurologic development disorders including endemic mental deficiency, which are generally correlated with damage to the fetus. Since as much as 40% of the Tanzanian population is at risk for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) because they live in iodine-defici...

Plasma lipoproteins in normal and preeclamptic pregnant women

Background: Preeclampsia is one of the most common complications of pregnancy. It is the cause of high morbidity and mortality for mothers and fetuses, especially in developing countries. The etiology of preeclampsia is unknown. One of the hypothesis on pathophysiology of preeclampsia is dyslipidemia. The aim of this study was to determine maternal plasma levels of lipoproteins in patients with...

approach to liver function tests in children

the liver is a multifactorial organ which is involved in a number of critical excretory, synthetic and metabolic functions. although the term 'liver function test' is commonly used, it is imprecise since many of the tests, such as transaminase, do not measure liver function. therefore, these tests should be referred to as 'liver enzyme tests', and 'liver function tests' should be the term used ...

Estrogen metabolism in normal and pregnant women.

The pattern of estrogen metabolism in human pregnancy differs materially from that of the nonpregnant woman in that estrogen production is very great and the output of estriol is disproportionately increased with respect to the other metabolites (1). To obtain information about this latter alteration, the fate of estradiol has been studied in both pregnant and nonpregnant women. It was found th...

Effect of Ramadan Fast on Liver Function Tests