was presenting. Urine examination revealed excess of albumen. She complained of no pains and the head was not fixed though her expected date was the 1st of July. The systolic blood-pressure was 120 mm. of Hg. The patient looked perfectly healthy but complained of occasional headaches and sleeplessness and for this she had hypnotics. On the 5th, the urine was tested again and there was albumen i...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the correlation between antenatal corticosteroids and peri-intraventricular haemorrhage (PIVH) using transfontanelle ultrasonography, as well as to evaluate the risk factors for its incidence. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study using medical records of preterm newborns. The protocol for maternal corticoid administration for fo...

Fatty acids (FAs) are fundamental for a foetus's growth, serving as an energy source, structural constituents of cellular membranes and precursors of bioactive molecules, as well as being essential for cell signalling. Long-chain polyunsaturated FAs (LC-PUFAs) are pivotal in brain and visual development. It is of interest to investigate whether and how specific pregnancy conditions, which alter...

Gestational pemphigoid (PG), a very rare pregnancy-associated bullous dermatosis, is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome (miscarriage, preterm delivery, foetal growth restriction). The major antigen in PG is collagen XVII (BP180). PG autoantibodies cross-react with collagen XVII in the skin and have been suggested to cause placental failure. On this basis, we evaluated clinical outcome an...

In the past years, cardiovascular progenitor cells have been isolated from the human heart and characterized. Up to date, no studies have been reported in which the developmental potential of foetal and adult cardiovascular progenitors was tested simultaneously. However, intrinsic differences will likely affect interpretations regarding progenitor cell potential and application for regenerative...

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, more frequently diagnosed in young women during childbearing age and approximately 10% of all thyroid cancers are diagnosed during pregnancy or in the early post-partum period. Thyroid cancer in young people has generally an excellent prognosis, and survival among women with thyroid cancer diagnosed during pregnancy may not differ from tha...

Objective of the study was to share a case high risk pregnancy with premature preterm rupture membranes (PPROM), placenta and vasa praevia plus velamintous cord insertion. PPROM carries increasing rates neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, brain prematurity, electrolyte imbalance. Having previa significant recurrent bleeding increases making threatened by antepartum haemorrhage chance losing...

Introduction: There is diverse evidence regarding the maternal and fetal effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy.
 Objectives: The objective this study was to assess COVID-19 mother fetus during Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional conducted second wave Department Obstetrics Gynaecology at Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital from April 3 July 3, 2021. All pregn...

We have previously shown that the migration of foetal, adult and transformed fibroblasts into three-dimensional collagen gels is differentially affected by plating cell density. We now present data indicating that the migration of these fibroblasts is also differentially affected by local cell density in microdomains of the gel surface. In this article we discuss the possible biochemical and be...