Maternal serum alphafetoprotein in pregnancy and the prevention of birth defect.

Maternal serum alphafetoprotein in pregnancy and the prevention of birth defect.

The growth of prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion has provided profound relief for many couples, but it has also aroused opposition on moral grounds and has been criticised as overshadowing other approaches to the reduction of perinatal deaths and handicapping disorders of childhood. Fundamental research into the causes and true prevention of birth defects, especially neural defect, could...

the effect of oxytetracycline on serum calcium, phosphorus and magnesium in cattle

نتایج این مطالعه نشان می دهد که مقدار کلسیم (یونیزه و تام)، منیزیم و فسفر به طور معنی داری تغییر پیدا کرد به جزء مقدار کلسیم تام و منیزیم در روش داخل عضلانی که تغییر معنی داری نداشته است. بر اساس نتایج این مطالعه می توان نتیجه گیری کرد که اکسی تتراساکلین بر روی مقادیر سرمی کلسیم و منیزیم تأثیر می گذارد باید مقدار این کاتیون ها در بیماران، در هنگامی که اکسی تتراسایکلین استفاده می شود مورد توجه ق...

Patterns of Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Birth Weight

Anthropometric parameters are an important indicator of health and nutritional status comprising the whole span of mans life. However, they are not of the same degree of simplicity and sensitivity in assessing the public health status. During recent decades many studies have attempted to examine the relationships of these measurements in order to present simple alternatives for similar purposes...

Maternal mid-pregnancy serum triglyceride levels and neonatal birth weight.

Maternal Serum Leptin During Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight: the Influence of Maternal Overweight and Obesity

OBJECTIVE Few studies have examined whether the distinct metabolic patterns found in obese and nonobese pregnant women have different effects on the growing fetus. Our objective was to estimate the influence of longitudinal variation in maternal serum leptin levels on variation in infant birth weight in overweight/obese versus normal-weight women. DESIGN AND METHODS In a prospective cohort of...