Immunological aspects of the relationship in functional system “mother-fetus” are consciously important both scientific and practical direction life living organisms. The formation main parameters isoimmunization is an equivalent aspect relation to basics artificial tolerance mechanisms. Changes immunological reactivity viral bacterial antigens may cause increased susceptibility infectious dise...

Wireless systems are increasingly used and the electromagnetic fields (EMF) generated by these systems have induced a large public concern regarding potential sanitary effects, in particular on children and fetus during pregnancy. Few works have been performed to analyze the fetus exposure but additional studies are still needed, based on precise anatomical models. In this paper, we propose a n...

The implementation of assisted reproduction has increased the incidence of multiple pregnancies. Prenatal death of one fetus in the second trimester of twin pregnancy confronts the obstetrician with a difficult problem with regard to the management of pregnancy. The scarcity of the condition and the absence of the large-scale studies make it difficult to advise the parents on the prognosis and ...

Prenatal diagnosis was successfully accomplished by determining sphingomyelinase activity in the cultured amniotic fluid cells in a case of high risk pregnancy for Niemann-Pick disease (NPD), type A. No detectable activity of sphingomyelinase was found in the cultured amniotic fluid cells obtained at the 17th week of gestation. Patient's pregnancy was terminated and the aborted fetus was proved...

This paper analyzes the influence of pregnancy stage and fetus position on the whole-body and brain exposure of the fetus to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Our analysis is performed using semi-homogeneous pregnant woman models between 8 and 32 weeks of amenorrhea. By analyzing the influence of the pregnancy stage on the environmental whole-body and local exposure of a fetus in vertical ...

OBJECTIVE To identify differentially expressed proteins from serum of pregnant women carrying a conotruncal heart defects (CTD) fetus, using proteomic analysis. METHODS The study was conducted using a nested case-control design. The 5473 maternal serum samples were collected at 14-18 weeks of gestation. The serum from 9 pregnant women carrying a CTD fetus, 10 with another CHD (ACHD) fetus, an...

Uterine and umbilical uptakes of plasma amino acids were measured simultaneously in eighteen singleton pregnant ewes at 130 ± 1 days gestation for the purpose of establishing which amino acids are produced or used by the uteroplacenta under normal physiological conditions and at what rates. The branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) had uterine uptakes significantly greater than umbilical uptakes. N...

The intrauterine existence of fetus solely depends on one organ “The Placenta”. Placenta is a vital organ playing central role in pregnancy. It maintains pregnancy and promotes normal fetal development and serves as a major organ for transfer of essential elements between mother and fetus. 1 It has a significant role in health of the fetus because it is the sole source of nutrients for the fetu...

The ability to discriminate between acoustic signals of different frequencies is fundamental to the interpretation of auditory information and the development of language perception and production. The fact that the human fetus responds to sounds of different frequencies raises the question of whether the fetus is able to discriminate between them? To investigate whether the fetus has the abili...

Risk of chromosomal and structural anomalies are increased in twin pregnancies with potential loss of one fetus. Single fetal death in twin pregnancies is believed to be associated with increased risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality for the surviving twin and risk of coagulopathy affecting the mother. In this report we present a case of twin gestation with one of the fetuses having Turner ...