Publications by authors named "Marwan Al-Buhtori"
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- The study analyzed tissue samples from 73 cases of fetal death to check for viral DNA, comparing with 27 cases of elective pregnancy termination as controls.
- DNA from various viruses, including CMV and HSV, was detected in 34% of fetal death cases, with CMV being the most frequent.
- The results indicate that the incidence of viral infections in fetal deaths might be higher than previously thought, highlighting a need for larger studies to confirm these findings.
The possibility of infectious triggers stimulating the development of inflammatory vascular diseases has generated much recent interest. This study uses PCR to detect the presence of Chlamydia pneumoniae, parvovirus B19 and all the human herpes viruses except HHV8 in temporal artery biopsy specimens. Samples from 37 temporal artery biopsies with histological evidence of arteritis and 66 samples from histologically negative temporal artery biopsies, all from different patients, were negative for C.
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