OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of preeclampsia on the cord blood and maternal NRBC count and to correlate NRBC count and neonatal outcome in preeclampsia and control groups. STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective case control observational study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Maternal and cord blood NRBC counts were studied in 50 preeclamptic women and 50 healthy pregnant women. Using automated cell ...

OBJECTIVES To determine blood-lead (Pb) levels in pregnant women and neonates in a metallurgical city of Peru. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out, the population of which consisted of pregnant women who had lived for at least two years in the city of La Oroya, at the time when the lead, copper and zinc foundries operated normally. A blood sample was obtained from th...

Introduction: Many studies reported that prenatal exposure to lead and mercury are correlated with reduced birth weight size, these metals can cause adverse effects on neurodevelopment. In this study, it was aimed investigate compare the levels in maternal blood, cord placenta pregnant women IUGR fetuses diagnosed using abnormal Doppler findings healthy fetuses.
 Material: This study inclu...

Fetal red blood cells were concentrated obtained from the fetus is heavily confrom mixtures of maternal and fetal cells by taminated by maternal cells. The method is differential agglutination with anti-i serum. practical, except in very rare cases in which This method will be useful for prenatal diagthe maternal red cells are strongly agglutinosis of hemoglobinopathies when blood nated by anti-i.

BACKGROUND Earlier studies demonstrated that alcoholism significantly alters electrolyte and trace element homeostasis. However, the existing data on the interplay between maternal alcohol consumption and fetal trace element status are contradictory. Therefore, the primary objective of the present study was to assess the influence of alcohol consumption on maternal and cord blood trace elements...