Pregnancy is a unique time in a woman's life, accompanied by a variety of physiologic, anatomic, and hormonal changes that can affect how oral health care is provided. However, these patients are not medically compromised and should not be denied dental treatment simply because they are pregnant. This article discusses the normal changes associated with pregnancy, general considerations in the ...

A uniform system of genetic nomenclature for parasitic nematodes is presented. Conventions for naming strains, genes, alleles, and loci identified as DNA polymorphisms are established, and a standardized system for naming molecular clones is proposed.

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of perceived pregnancy complications and associated factors. METHODS During a census, 450 women identified themselves as pregnant and 388 were interviewed postpartum. RESULTS Complications were reported by 58.6%. Bleeding post-delivery was the most frequent complication (42.5%), followed by great pain (33.8%), bleeding during pregnancy (20.1%), and fever...

Though extensive studies have been made of the subject, many gaps in our knowledge of the anaemias complicating pregnancy still exist. These gaps are particularly noticeable when information is sought concerning the origin of anaemia, chiefly because most of the workers on the subject have been dealing with uncontrolled populations. I use the word origin instead of onset advisedly, because it i...

Background: The use of ultrasound to establish pregnancy location, viability and gestational age in the first trimester is well established. In addition to the conventional uses of ultrasound in early pregnancy, interventional ultrasound may also be used to guide clinicians during surgical procedures for the management of early pregnancy complications (i.e. treatment of ectopic pregnancy, caesa...

  Introduction :Jaundice is the most common cause of hospitalization of infants in the first month of life. Delivery and maternal and neonatal risk factors may affect the progression of complications of jaundice. This study aimed to investigate the problems of pregnancy and delivery in neonates with jaundice. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 2796 full term 3 to 29 day infants w...

osteogenesis imperfecta is a rare inherited connective tissue disorder with an expression that varies from mild to severe disease affecting bone, sclera and middle ear. fertility is preserved, especially in those patients with type 1. we present hereby a pregnant woman with osteogenesis imperfecta that had over 30 fractures in long bones and vertebrae. the object of this report was to determine...

Frontiers in research on parasitic protozoa was the theme of the Autumn Symposium of the British Section of the Society of Protozoologists, held 2 September 2002, in London, UK.