Assessment of body composition in Wistar rat offspring by DXA in relation to prenatal and postnatal nutritional manipulation.

Background: This experimental study aims to investigate the impact of combinations of prenatal and postnatal food manipulation on body composition in rat offspring.

Methods: On day 12 of gestation, 100 timed pregnant rats were randomized into two nutritional groups: standard laboratory and 50% starved. Pups born to starved mothers were subdivided, based on birthweight (BiW), into fetal growth restricted (FGR) and non-FGR.

Metabolic profiles of adult Wistar rats in relation to prenatal and postnatal nutritional manipulation: the role of birthweight.

Objective: This experimental study aimed to prospectively investigate the impact of combinations of prenatal and postnatal food manipulations on the metabolic profile of adult offspring.

Design: On day 12 of gestation, 67 timed pregnant rats were randomized into three nutritional groups, control: standard laboratory food; starved: 50% food restricted, FR; fat-fed: fat-rich diet, FF. Seven hundred and seventy-four (774) pups were born on day 21 and culled to 8 (4 males, 4 females) per litter to normalize rearing.

Full-term pregnancies after multiple hepatobiliary operations for choledochal cyst: a case report.

Choledochal cysts are rare congenital cystic dilatations of the biliary tree. Choledochal cysts in pregnancy are a rare entity and represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The authors present a case of two full-term pregnancies in a woman who underwent multiple hepatobiliary operations for a choledochal cyst.

Successful full-term pregnancy in a woman with Cogan's syndrome: a case report.

Cogan's syndrome (CS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that most commonly affects young adults. Major clinical features are interstitial keratitis and vestibuloauditory dysfunction. Associations between CS and systemic vasculitis as well as aortitis also exist.