Evidence that sperm cells share or impart antigenic specificities to fertilized ova and cleaving embryos in animals was first demonstrated indirectly in female animals isoimmunized against sperm or testis cells. While early studies often gave conflicting results, postfertilization infertility effects were occasionally reported. The systematic analysis in animals of anti~ertility e~ects after im...

Exchange transfusion is the standard method for treatment of severe hyperbilirubinemia. Our goal was to determine the indications for exchange transfusion (ECT) and the rates of ECT-related adverse events. A retrospective descriptive investigation was performed in newborns that underwent ECT at 17 Shahrivar Pediatric Hospital, Rasht, Guilan province during the period April 2008 to April 2011. O...

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...

Frequency of Rhesus and ABO blood groups was determined in 3012 mothers. The blood groups in order of frequency were B, O, A and AB. Only 6.2% mothers were rhesus negative. ABO haemolytie disease of the newborn (HDN) accounted for 15.7% and Rh-HDN for 12.7% of 306 neonate admitted with Jaundice. No significant difference was found in two groups when levels of serum bilirubin, exchange transfusi...

Monoamine releasers constitute one class of candidate medications for the treatment of cocaine abuse, and concurrent cocaine-versus-food choice procedures are potentially valuable as experimental tools to evaluate the efficacy and safety of candidate medications. This study assessed the choice between cocaine and food by rhesus monkeys during treatment with five monoamine releasers that varied ...

It has been suggested that routine antenatal prophylactic anti-D should be introduced for prevention of Rhesus D (RhD) haemolytic disease. Before making changes to the current prevention program it is important, therefore, to have up-to-date data on affected infants. Pregnant women with anti-D antibodies between September 1994 and February 1997 were identified by the Northern Ireland Blood Tran...