Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is interconnected with developmental programming of lifelong pathophysiology. IUGR is seen in human multifetal pregnancies, with stepwise rises in fetal numbers interfering with placental nutrient delivery. It remains unknown whether fetal blood analyses would reflect fetal nutrition, liver, and excretory function in the last trimester of human or ovine IU...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of malaria during pregnancy is not completely understood. There are few published data on complement activation and malaria during pregnancy. This study aimed to investigate complement activation and malaria during pregnancy, and their association with hemoglobin and birth weight. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted at Medani, Sudan. Soluble terminal comp...

Introduction: Placental malaria is a complication of malaria in pregnancy and is associated with adverse clinical and obstetric outcomes. This study intends to associate clinical symptoms of malaria and adverse obstetric outcomes with the presence of Plasmodium falciparum in the placenta of pregnant women in Luanda, Angola. Methods: We conducted a hospital based analytic cross-sectional study. ...

Concentrations of chorionic somatomammotrophin (hCS) in maternal plasma at the time of delivery and in placental extracts were determined by radioimmunoassay and related to neonatal growth in 111 normal pregnancies. Mean maternal plasma hCS concentration was lower in association with small-for-dates infants, defined by either height or weight, than with well-grown preterm or term infants. Mean ...

Background: The placenta plays a crucial role in sustaining pregnancy and supporting healthy foetal growth function. Placental morphology predicts illness patterns adults development. Birth weight is significant predictor of child's survival, development, growth. connection between birth perinatal outcome has long been understood obstetrics. As generally known, low known risk factor for the lon...

Our objectives were to determine the effects of dam body condition score (BCS), age dam, and calf sex on placental size relationships between weight (BW) with size. Expelled placentas at birth collected from crossbred beef heifers cows during four experiments (n = 22 39/experiment). Placentas deemed complete by visual inspection dissected; dry weights determined for cotyledonary intercotyledona...