Doppler parameters of the maternal hepatic artery blood flow in normal pregnancy: maternal hepatic artery blood flow in normal pregnancy.

Objective: Objective of our study was to evaluate changes in Doppler resistance indices in the common hepatic artery during normal pregnancy.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study included 210 healthy pregnant women gestational age 6-40 weeks, 40 healthy non-pregnant women and 30 women after delivery. We divided all pregnant women by pregnancy trimester.

Differences in risk factors for cervical dysplasia with the applied diagnostic method in Serbia.

Background: In the etiology of cervical cancer not only HPV infection is important, but also other factors such as demographic influences and sexual and reproductive health attitudes, as well as others related to preventive measure usage (or non usage). The aim of this study was to examine factors associated with cervical dysplasia in asymptomatic women who were examined by routine cytology and cervical biopsy for early detection of cervical cancer.

Materials And Methods: Socio-demographic and other characteristics were obtained from medical files of 85 examinees with pathologic cytologic findings (Pap test) and histopathologic (HP) findings after biopsy.

Clinical features of lung cancer in patients with connective tissue diseases: a 10-year hospital based study.

Background: Connective tissue diseases (CTD) might be associated with various malignancies, and one of the most frequent is lung cancer (LC). Despite our understanding of pathogenesis, this association remains still unclear. The aim of the present study is to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with CTD who developed LC.