Autistic traits in women with primary dysmenorrhea: a case-control study.

Objectives: Recent studies have shown that women with autism spectrum disorder have higher rates of menstrual problems, including irregular menstrual cycles, unusually painful periods (dysmenorrhea), and excessive menstrual bleeding. In this study, we investigated the autistic traits in female university students with primary dysmenorrhea (PD).

Methods: Seventy females with PD and 70 females without PD were enrolled in the study.

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objectives: Several studies suggest that androgens are involved in the etiology of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this study, we investigated the ADHD symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a complex endocrine, hormonal, and metabolic condition associated with hyperandrogenism.

Methods: Forty women between the ages of 18 and 35 years with PCOS were recruited for the study group.

Association of parity with osteoprotegerin levels and atherosclerosis.

Purpose: Association of serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels and cardiovascular disorders has been shown previously. The aim of this observational study was to investigate the relationship between parity, OPG and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in premenopausal women.

Methods: A total of 128 women (mean age ± SD, 37.

Association of serum amyloid A with subclinical atherosclerosis in women with gestational diabetes.

The aim of our study was to evaluate serum amyloid A (SAA), an acute phase reactant, and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) as a valid predictor of atherosclerosis in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Serum samples from 39 pregnant women with GDM and 25 healthy pregnant women were collected for the analysis of SAA. CIMT was measured in both groups to evaluate future atherosclerotic heart disease risk.

Evaluation of the future atherosclerotic heart disease with oxidative stress and carotid artery intima media thickness in gestational diabetes mellitus.

Background And Objective: In this study our aim was to evaluate paraoxonase (PON1) activity and free sulfhydryl groups (-SH) as antioxidative parameters and lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) as oxidative parameter in the serum of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and determine their relation with the degree of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Material And Methods: Serum samples from 39 pregnant women complicated with GDM and 40 healthy pregnant women were collected for the analysis of oxidative markers. Common carotid artery intima media thickness (CIMT) was measured for both groups to assess future atherosclerotic heart disease risk.

Paraoxonase-1 is not affected in polycystic ovary syndrome without metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, but oxidative stress is altered.

Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) activity is decreased in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) having metabolic syndrome (MetS) or insulin resistance (IR). We aimed to assess PON1 activity and oxidative stress in PCOS without MetS or IR. Metabolic and hormonal parameters, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), oxidative stress parameters (total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidative stress (TOS), oxidative stress index (OSI), lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH), total free sulfhydryl (--SH) groups), PON and arylesterase were analyzed in 30 normal weighed patients with PCOS without MetS or IR and 20 normal controls.

Internal iliac artery ligation for severe postpartum hemorrhage and severe hemorrhage after postpartum hysterectomy.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of internal iliac artery (IIA) ligation performed for severe postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).

Methods: Thirty-three women who underwent IIA ligation to control PPH in a tertiary referral center between June 2007 and May 2009 were included in this retrospective analysis. IIA ligation was performed as the primary surgical intervention or to control bleeding following hysterectomy.

Amniotic fluid prolidase activity and oxidative status in neural tube defects.

Objective: To evaluate oxidative stress markers and prolidase activity in the amniotic fluid of fetuses with a neural tube defect (NTD) compared to the amniotic fluid of normal fetuses.

Methods: Amniotic fluid samples from 36 pregnancies of fetuses with NTD were compared with the amniotic fluid from 36 pregnancies of genetically normal fetuses for analysis of oxidative status and prolidase activity. The control group consisted of fetuses from pregnancies that were diagnosed as high-risk according to a 1st or 2nd trimester aneuploidy screening, but which were later confirmed to have normal results.

Comparison of prolidase enzyme activities of maternal serum and placental tissue in patients with early pregnancy failure.

Purpose: To compare the maternal serum and placental tissue levels of prolidase enzyme activity in women with early pregnancy loss (EPL) with those of women who underwent elective dilatation and curettage (D&C).

Methods: Serum and placental tissue samples from 52 women with early pregnancy loss (study group) and 49 women who underwent elective D&C (control group) were collected. Criteria for inclusion in the study group were based on evidence of vaginal bleeding, transvaginal ultrasonography results, and clinical findings.

Serum prolidase activity and oxidative stress markers in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restricted infants.

Aim: To compare the levels of serum prolidase activity and oxidative stress markers, including total oxidative status (TOS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), oxidative stress index (OSI), and total free sulfhydryl (-SH) in healthy pregnant women and pregnant women with intrauterine growth restricted infants.

Methods: Serum samples were obtained from 18 healthy third trimester pregnancies and 14 pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction (FGR). The criteria for FGR were clinical evidence of suboptimal growth, ultrasonographic demonstration of deviation from normal percentiles of growth, and birthweight under the 10th percentile.

Decreased serum prolidase activity and increased oxidative stress in early pregnancy loss.

Aims: To compare the levels of serum prolidase activity and oxidative stress markers including total oxidative status (TOS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) and total free sulfhydryl (-SH) in healthy pregnant women without early pregnancy loss (EPL) and women with EPL.

Methods: Serum samples were obtained from 45 healthy first-trimester pregnancies and 45 pregnancies complicated with EPL. We have measured serum prolidase activity, TAC, TOS, -SH and LOOH levels spectrophotometrically.

Serum prolidase activity and oxidative status in patients with stage I endometrial cancer.

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the serum prolidase activity, total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and total free sulfhydryl (-SH) groups in patients with stage I endometrial cancer.

Methods: Serum prolidase activity, TOS, TAC, and -SH levels were measured in patients with endometrial cancer (n = 23) and controls (n = 25).

Results: Serum prolidase activity and TOS were significantly higher in patients with endometrial cancer than in controls (P = 0.

A rare cause of difficulty with sexual intercourse: large retroperitoneal leiomyoma.

Introduction: The prevalence of sexual dysfunction is high among women; however, sexual dysfunction secondary to anatomical deformity in women is rare. In addition, primary retroperitoneal leiomyomas are very rare clinical conditions.

Aim: To present a case with sexual dysfunction secondary to anatomical deformity.

Prenatal diagnosis of dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins.

Dicephalic parapagus is a rare anomaly of monochorionic twinning. We present prenatal diagnosis of this anomaly with ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. She was at the 19th week of gestation.

Decreased paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in the pathogenesis of future atherosclerotic heart disease in women with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate serum paraoxonase, arlyesterase activities, and lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) levels in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Methods: Paraoxonase and arylesterase activities, and LOOH levels were assessed for GDM cases (n = 55) and controls (n = 59). Serum basal and salt-stimulated paraoxonase and arylesterase activities were measured spectrophotometrically.

Assessment of preoperative serum prolidase activity in epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objective: Prolidase is a cytosolic exopeptidase that cleaves iminodipeptides with C-terminal proline and hydroxyproline and plays a major role in collagen turnover. The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative serum prolidase activity, total oxidant status (TOS), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in patients with newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Study Design: Serum prolidase activity, TOS, and TAC were measured spectrophotometrically in both EOC cases (n=28) and controls (n=28).

Uterine prolapse in a 19 year old pregnant woman: a case report.

It is well-known that multiparity and advanced age are major risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse which can rarely complicate pregnancy. We present the youngest case of uterine prolapse during pregnancy. She admitted with ruptured membranes at the 36th week of gestation and irreducible prolapse.

Serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objective: The HDL-associated paraoxonase and arylesterase activities play a role in decreasing oxidative stress, which is known to contribute to cancer development. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities and lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH) levels in patients with newly-diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer.

Materials: Serum paraoxonase and arylesterase activities, total free sulfhydryl (-SH) levels and LOOH levels were measured in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (n=24) and controls (n=29).