maternal, fetal and neonatal complications are correlated with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy.  in this context, the maternal blood uric acid level is reported to be one of the prognostic factors in determining the prenatal outcome.  based on the existing data, the present descriptive study was performed on two groups of women with severe preeclampsia; the first group (n=53) with a uri...

There are several independent prospective studies showing that a wide variety of forms of prenatal stress can have long-term effects on the behavioural and cognitive outcome for the child. Animal studies have shown that prenatal stress, as well as affecting behaviour, can also reprogram the function of the HPA axis in the offspring. However, the effects on the HPA axis are very variable dependi...