Macrosomia risk remains high in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) complicated pregnancies. A linear relationship between macrosomia risk and glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was described; however, low range of HbA1c has not been studied. We aimed to identify risk factors and examine the impact of HbA1c on the occurrence of macrosomia in newborns of T1DM women from a cohort with good glycemic control. In t...

OBJECTIVES To correlate the changes in the level of female sex hormones (progesterone, estrogen) in plasma with the changes in severity of gingivitis in various trimesters of pregnancy till the postparturition. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study comprised of 20 pregnant women with good oral hygiene who were followed up in each trimester till 3rd month of postpartum by screening their oral hygie...

peribaea tibialis (robineau-desvoidy) and compsilura concinnata (meigen), which are reported for the first time from iran, are solitary parasitoids of rice armyworm larvae, mythimna unipuncta (haworth), in the rice fields of western mazandaran. our studies during 1999-2001 showed that these parasitoids were active on m. unipuncta larvae of different generations, especially 2nd and 3rd generatio...

electroconvulsive therapy (ect) is an efficient treatment for several neuropsychiatric disorders however a large number of patients develop memory impairment after ect. different studies both on animals and human suggest that vasopressin has positive effects on memory and improves cognitive functions. in this randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial, 50 patients with psychiatric disor...

After 4 repeated treatrnents of gonadotrophin, 8 beef cattle showed an average of 12.1, 10.1, 12,1 and 8.4 corpora lutea at the lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th treatments, respectively, However, different dosages of gonadotrophin ranging from 1,600 to 3,5001U of pregnant mare's serum gonadotrephin (PMSG}, were used. The average number of corpora lutea decreased from 12.4, 8,4, 9,8 and 6.0 cluring the lst...

The problem of placental dysfunction is one the most important in modern obstetrics. Pregnant women with retrochorial hematomas (RCH) I trimester are at risk pathology development, which leads to appearance other negative obstetrical and perinatal pregnancy outcomes. objective: study parameters fetoplacental complex pregnant various forms RCH based on data instrumental examinations. Materials m...

Results The median values of HbA1c (% of glycemic goal <7.5%) were significantly improved between the subsequent three cohorts; 9.02% (18.6%), 8.10% (30.35) and 7.60% (44.1%), in 1st, 2nd and 3rd cohorts, respectively. In addition patients with HbA1c more than 9% were significantly decreased in that order of cohorts. The frequency of moderately severe hypoglycemia was 9 times/ 4 months/ 100 pat...