Maternal HL-A antibodies and fetal sex.

A Low-Cost Efficient Multiplex P CR for Prenatal Sex Determination in Bovine Fetus U sing Free Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma

An Effective Method for Detecting Y-chromosome Specific Sequences of Circulating Fetal DNA in Maternal Plasma During the First-trimester

Background and Aims: New advances in the use of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma of pregnant women has provided the possibility of applying cffDNA in prenatal diagnosis as a non-invasive method. One of the applications of prenatal diagnosis is fetal gender determination. Early prenatal determination of fetal sex is required for pregnant women at risk of X-linked and some endocrin...

Pnm-23: The Relationship between Fetal Sex and Maternal Blood Group with Sleep Disorders during Pregnancy

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders. These disorders are the result of physiological, hormonal, physical changes, that occur in pregnancy due to different causes including fetal sex and maternal blood group. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between fetal sex and maternal blood group with sleep disorders during pregnancy in the second and third trimeste...

Comparison of the Frequency of CMV and Parvo B19 Infections in Intrauterin Fetal Death and Normal Pregnancy

Background & Aims: Maternal infections with parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) maybe associated with intrauterine fetal death. The aim of this study was to compare frequency of CMV & Parvovirus B19 Infections in intrauterine fetal death (IUFD) and normal pregnancy. Methods: In a case-control study in Afzalipour Hospital during 2006 placental biopsies were collected from 70 cases of IUFD a...

Female mouse fetal loss mediated by maternal autoantibody

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of women during childbearing years, is characterized by the production of double-stranded DNA antibodies. A subset of these antibodies, present in 40% of patients, cross-reacts with the NR2A and NR2B subunits of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). In this study, we show that, in mouse models, these antibodies cause a loss of female fetus viab...