OBJECTIVES To evaluate foetal heart rate pattern during antepartum period in pregnancies suffering from intrauterine growth restriction. METHODS The case control study was conducted at the Alzahra Hospital, Tabriz, Iran from April 2008 to April 2011. It comprised 100 pregnancies with intra-uterine growth restriction and 92 normal pregnancies. The foetal heart rate pattern including basal hear...

Background Fetal growth restriction is the second leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is estimated to be approximately 5 percent in the general obstetric population. Abnormal uterine artery suggest a maternal cause for the growth restriction where as normal uterine artery Doppler studies suggest that a fetal cause. Use of u...

Unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn occurs due to failure of complete development one the Mullerian ducts and incomplete fusion contralateral side. It is associated numerous obstetrics gynecological problems such as Infertility, Endometriosis, Miscarriages, Malpresentations & Intrauterine growth restriction. Pregnancy in non-communicating extremely rare usually terminates rupture during fi...