Publications by authors named "N Tolun"

Background: To determine the plasma concentrations of placental growth factor (PLGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), soluble tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor (sTNFp55), interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R), and interleukins 6 and 10 (IL-6, IL-10) in normotensive and preeclamptic women, and to evaluate the correlations between these cytokines and the diastolic blood pressure and fibronectin levels.

Methods: A prospective case-control study. Thirty-five women with preeclampsia were compared with 34 healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies.

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The aim of the study is to investigate the plasma and placental levels of malondialdehyde, glutathione and superoxide dismutase in normotensive and pre-eclamptic pregnancies. Peripheral venous blood samples were collected before labour (35.3 +/- 1.

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In this study we evaluated fibronectin as a marker of endothelial cell injury and antithrombin III as a marker of chronic activation of intravascular coagulation. The aim of the study was to establish to normal trends of plasma antithrombin III and fibronectin in general obstetric population and to determine the value of both in predicting, distinguishing and understanding the pathophysiology of pregnancy induced hypertension. The all cases consisted of 173 pregnant, 19 of them were chronic hypertensive, 45 were pregnancy induced hypertensive and 119 were normotensive at blood sampling.

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