Changes in skin barrier integrity by electrical impedance spectroscopy during dupilumab treatment on a child with severe atopic dermatitis.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by epidermal skin barrier dysfunction and altered immune response. Electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has been used as a novel tool to detect skin barrier changes in AD. EIS is a non-invasive measure of the electrical impedance of tissue and is sensitive to cellular structure and extracellular environment.

Inconsistency of Karyotyping and Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) in a Mosaic Turner Syndrome Case.

 Turner syndrome is a sex chromosomal aberration where majority of the patients have 45,X karyotype, while several patients are mosaic involving 45,X/46,XX; 46,X,i(Xq); and other variants. Cytogenetic analysis, karyotyping, is considered to be the "gold standard" to detect numerical and structural chromosomal abnormalities. In the recent years, alternative approaches, such as array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), have been widely used in genetic analysis to detect numerical abnormalities as well as unbalanced structural rearrangements.

Extra-abdominal removal of placenta during cesarean section: a prospective randomized controlled trial of a novel technique.

Aim: To evaluate intraoperative and early postoperative outcomes of a novel placenta delivery technique; extra-abdominal removal vs. intra-abdominal removal of the placenta during cesarean section (CS).

Methods: A total of 210 women delivering by CS at term in a tertiary university hospital between March 2014 and January 2015 were randomized to extra-abdominal removal vs.

Is maternal Vitamin D associated with gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women in Cyprus?

Background: There are conflicting results about the relationship between Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the association between 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels and GDM in Turkish Cypriot pregnant women.

Study Design: The authors conducted a prospective case-control study.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria screened by catheterized samples at pregnancy term in women undergoing cesarean delivery.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of urinary tract infection (UTI) with urine samples obtained via catheterization among women undergoing cesarean delivery at term pregnancy.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 159 women in whom cesarean delivery was conducted at term pregnancy after a regular follow-up from first to third trimester. For screening and diagnosis of UTI during antenatal period, the authors used dipstick test and microscopic urinalysis, and urine culture was used in the presence of symptomatic UTI unresponsive to initial antibiotic therapy.