Background: Pregnant women with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) may develop active tuberculosis infection and could infect their neonates, which could impair the child's immune system due to infection-mediated immunological responses. In order to develop a preventative TB program in this study, we desired to understand the impact of calcitriol in LTBI pregnant women and immunological responses in neonates.
Patients And Methods: In three hospitals in Medan, North Sumatra, we implemented a case-control design with 84 pregnant women in their third trimester and their newborns.
Introduction And Importance: Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion (TRAP) Sequence is a rare condition that occurs in monochorionic twin pregnancies, resulting in the coexistence of a normal "pump" twin and an acardiac twin. Indonesia is implementing fetal therapy centers that are starting to treat fetal cases such as TRAP Sequence.
Case Presentation: An 18 years old pregnant woman with monochorionic diamniotic pregnancy was detected by ultrasonographic examination.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
June 2019
Background: Neuregulin (NRG) 1 plays an important role in the development of various organ systems in human. Single nucleotide polymorphisms rs35753505 C/Tof the gene encoding NRG1 evident as allele C and T with genotypes of CT, CC, and TT are believed to have an impact on NRG1 levels.
Aim: To determine the impact of the NRGrs35753505 C/T polymorphisms on NRG1 levels in preterm infants.