INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate an extensive panel of cytokines involved in immune regulation during pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in healthy women. METHODS A total of 47 consecutive successful pregnancies in 46 SLE patients and 56 pregnancies in 56 matched healthy subjects, as controls, were prospectively studied. Serum interleukin (IL)-...

Seven subjects with prior coccidioidal disease and three with active Coccidioides immitis infection during their first trimester were studied during pregnancy and postpartum to determine their general and antigen-specific cell-mediated immune status. All ten were white and carried their pregnancies to term without incident. Decreases in total lymphocytes and T-helper and T-suppressor subsets we...

OBJECTIVE The role of first trimester maternal body mass index (BMI) and adipocytokines in cord blood c-peptide and birth weight in pregnancy was investigated. DESIGN Seventy non-diabetic pregnant Caucasian women were recruited. Anthropometry and measurements of fasting adipocytokines (visfatin, leptin, adiponectin), insulin and glucose were performed in each of the three trimesters. At birth...

This recommendation document follows the mission of World Association Perinatal Medicine (WAPM) in collaboration with Foundation (PMF). We aim to bring together groups and individuals throughout world for precise standardization implement ultrasound evaluation fetus first trimester pregnancy improve early detection anomalies clinical management pregnancy. The is present a that includes statemen...

CONTEXT Little is known about the experiences of unmarried young women in India who seek to terminate an unintended pregnancy. METHODS A survey was conducted among 549 unmarried women aged 15-24 who had obtained an abortion in 2007-2008 at one of 16 clinics run by the nongovernmental organization Janani in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Differences in background characteristics, and in ob...

INTRODUCTION First trimester pregnancy is defined as twelve weeks after the last menstrual period. Ultrasonography has revolutionized validation and management of first trimester pregnancies. The aim was to analyze ultrasonographic findings of first trimester pregnancies in University of Uyo teaching hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Nigeria. METHODS The departmental ultrasonographic records of pregnant ...

Objective. The guidelines of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) recommend an upper limit reference interval (RI) of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) of 2.5 mIU/L in the first trimester of pregnancy and 3.0 mIU/L in subsequent trimesters, but some reported ranges in China are significantly higher. Our study aimed to establish trimester- and assay-specific RIs for thyroid hormones in normal ...

BACKGROUND Placental glucose transport mechanisms in early pregnancy are poorly understood. The aims of this study were to investigate the expression of glucose transporter (GLUT) isoforms 1, 3 and 4 in first trimester villous tissue, to assess the effects of insulin on glucose uptake and compare them with term. METHODS The expression of GLUT isoforms was investigated using immunohistochemist...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to detect the relation between serum progesterone and viability of pregnancy during the first trimester. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two hundred and sixty women during the first trimester of their pregnancies were hospitalised due to vaginal bleeding and/or abdominal pain and were included in this study. Criteria for inclusion in this study were: certain dates, foet...

Leukocyte subsets were detected by immunohistochemical methods in cervical tissue in either the first trimester or at term pregnancy. In tissue obtained during first trimester lower total numbers of leukocytes were observed in comparison with late pregnancy (2.7 cells/0.04 mm2 versus 5.5 cells/0.04 mm2). The major subgroup of leukocytes present in early pregnancy was T-lymphocytes. The majority...