Reactive oxygen species are unavoidable products of metabolism and in excess they can be dangerous for tissues and cells. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), among others, protect tissues and cells against reactive oxygen species. The aim of the study was the description of SOD and GSH-Px from bovine placenta by use of spectrophotometric and electrophoretic analysis ...

Placenta is the most accurate record of the infant prenatal experience. If the placenta is examined minutely after delivery, it provides much insight into the prenatal health of the baby and the mother. The weight of placenta is higher in diabetic pregnancy in comparison to the normal pregnancy. To study the cellular changes that might contribute to more weight of placenta in diabetic pregnanci...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate the role ultrasound in detection early pregnancies presenting with placental molar changes. METHODOLOGY This retrospective carried out at Radiology department Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, between Aug 2020 and July 2021. All cases suspected changes were evaluated from 10-14 weeks gestation. patient referred our because fetal abnor...

BACKGROUND The placenta is the central regulator of maternal and fetal interactions. Perturbations of placental structure and function have been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes later in life. Placental CpG methylation represents an epigenetic modification with the potential to impact placental function, fetal development and child health later in life. STUDY DESIGN Genome-...

The differential production of prostaglandin (PG) F(2 alpha) and PGE(2) within the uterine compartment may play a role in controlling myometrial contraction. We hypothesized that the enzymes downstream of PG endoperoxide synthase-2 (PGHS-2) determine the ratio of PGF(2 alpha) and PGE(2) in the utero-ovarian vein plasma and the time of normal and preterm labour onset. The aim of this study was t...

GOAL In clinical practice, variability of placental surface shape is common. We measure the average placental shape in a birth cohort and the effect deviations from the average have on placental functional efficiency. We test whether altered placental shape improves the specificity of histopathology diagnoses of maternal uteroplacental and fetoplacental vascular pathology for clinical outcomes....

Doctors who discard the placenta after a newly born infant dies or is permanently impaired – seemingly during the birth process – could potentially be throwing away their last chance of a legitimate defence should the angry and grieving parents decide to sue. Prof. Colleen Wright, an anatomical patho logist at the National Health Laboratory Services in Port Elizabeth, had specialists and GPs pa...

background: due to increase in pregnancy complications in advanced age, this study was conducted to assess the relationship between advanced maternal age and the pregnancy complications. methods: pregnant women who admitted to the motazedi hospital in kermanshah were included in this analytic–cross sectional study. the study group was 1178 cases that divided into two sub-groups; 35-40 year-old ...

Chorioamnionitis has been shown to be one of the most important factors in inducing preterm delivery. The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of chorioamnionitis on placental endocrine functions. Preterm placentas with histologic chorioamnionitis produced smaller amounts of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and human placental lactogen (hPL) than those without chorioamnionitis ...