Objetives: To report a case of dorsolumbosacral agenesis and to make systematic review the literature focused on prenatal diagnosis. Materials methods: We 32year old pregnant woman, with 30 week pregnanacy, without care, fetus is diagnosed agenesis. The mother request voluntary termination pregnancy. A diagnosis thos condiction performed. Results: found 50 papers, 6 met inclusión critiria. Thre...

Osteogenesis imperfecta is considered a rare genetic condition which characterized by bone fragility. In 85% of cases, it caused mutations in COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes are essential to produce type I collagen. We report the case female neonate delivered 27-year-old women at San Bartolomé Teaching Hospital with family history clavicle fractu...

19 Anesthesia for the Pregnant Cat and Dog INTRODUCTION Anesthesia of pregnant animals, especially for Cesarian section presents a challenge for the veterinarian because the choice of therapy needs to assure a good outcome for both the fetus and mother. A basic requirement of all anesthetic drugs is their ability to cross the blood brain barrier. This capacity comes with the ability to cross th...

Appropriate nutrient partitioning between the maternal body and gravid uterus is essential for optimum fetal growth and neonatal survival, and in adult sheep nutrient partitioning during pregnancy generally favours the conceptus at the expense of the dam. However, recent studies using an overnourished adolescent sheep model demonstrate that the hierarchy of nutrient partitioning during pregnanc...

Background:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple organ involvement and periods of relapse and remission that mainly affects young women of childbearing age. In this regard the reproductive health is an important issue. Although diagnosis, treatment and management of pregnancy in SLE women have been improved recently, but the main concern is effects of SLE on ...

Experiments in rodents indicate that during the post-embryonic period of prenatal development, the fetus is more sensitive than the adult to certain carcinogens, by several decimal orders of magnitude. Most such agents are direct-acting and independent of metabolism. To other substances, often those which require enzyme-mediated metabolic conversion to a chemically reactive derivative in order ...

During embryonic and fetal development much of the skeleton initiates as a cartilaginous scaffold, which is progressively resorbed and replaced by bone. Endochondral bone formation continues until the growth plates fuse during puberty. At all life stages adequate delivery of mineral is required for the skeleton to achieve and maintain appropriate mineral content and strength. During fetal devel...

Enlarged parietal foramina are believed to be benign and familial and due to a variable degree of defective intramembranous ossification of the parietal bones. We report 2 patients with this condition in whom fetal and neonatal MR imaging studies illustrate the antenatal and perinatal evolution of this condition and the associated persistence of a falcine sinus. We discuss its relationship to t...