background: high maternal hemoglobin (hb) concentration was considered a risk factor for the developing of pregnancy hypertension. the purpose of this study was to determine whether high maternal hb concentration in first trimesters associated with pregnancy induced hypertension in iranian nulliparous women. methods: this study was carried out in teaching hospital in sari, iran. samples were ob...

PURPOSE To investigate the patterns of fundal height (FH) growth curve in pregnant women with term low birth weight (LBW) infants compared with the standard FH growth curve for Thai women. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was conducted at the four governmental general hospitals in the northern part of Thailand between 2009 and 2011. All data were obtained from antenatal records and ...

The pregnant woman experiences physiological changes to support fetal growth and development. Particularly the physiological changes of the liver are the results of the increment of estrogens and progesterone during the pregnancy, and also the hemodynamics changes. (hemodilution). Telangiectasia may appear in up to 60% of normal pregnancies. Liver function test (LFT) abnormalities occurs in 3% ...

Adverse outcome of pregnancy is a potentially dangerous complication of conception and affects 15-20% of pregnancies. According to recent studies increased level of blood antiphospholipids antibodies, if accompanied by predisposing factors, can be an adverse event in human pregnancy. The aim of the present study was to compare the maternal serum levels of anticardiolipin and antiphosphatidyl se...

OBJECTIVES To characterize maternal and fetal nitric oxide (NO) production in normal and abnormal pregnancy by measuring nitrate (NO3-) and nitrite (NO2-) metabolites in maternal venous blood, umbilical venous and arterial blood and amniotic fluid. METHODS This was a prospective cross-sectional study in 160 singleton pregnancies: 60 with one complication (infection, n = 37; gestational diabet...

background: ca-125 is a glycoprotein and its origin is uncertain during pregnancy. it arises during the first trimester and return to a non-pregnancy range in late pregnancy. objective: the aim of this study was to compare ca-125 level in threatened abortion and normal pregnancy less than 20 weeks of pregnancy. materials and methods: this was a prospective case study carried out on 50 healthy p...

Background & Aims: Recent evidences indicate that parts of the immunoregulation system such as CD4+CD25+Tcells (Treg) and Th2 cells and Th1 cells, play very important roles in the maintenance of pregnancy. The deficiency in proper recognition of fetal alloantigen by the maternal immune system is associated with recurrent pregnancy failure. Here, we investigate the proportional changes of CD4+CD...