Risk factors of cerebral ischemia in infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes.

Objectives: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is carbohydrate intolerance that occurs during pregnancy. The present study was arranged to determine the risk of cerebral ischemia (CI) in infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus and MTHFR gene polymorphism.

Material And Methods: The study includes 70 pregnant women with GDM, divided into two groups depending on existence of cerebral ischemia (CI) in newborn infants.

Epidemiology of critical states during pregnancy after assisted reproductive technologies.

Aim: The aim of this research was to have a thorough study of predictors of critical states during pregnancy after assisted reproductive technologies.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of 303 patients with "near-miss," out of which 37 are pregnancy cases after ART (the main group) and 265 are spontaneous pregnancy cases (the control group).

Results: Pregnancy after ART constituted 12.

[Antiphospholipid syndrome in females with recurrent fetal losses].

Antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) were studied in 30 women with a history of recurrent fetal losses. An increased level of anticardiolipin antibodies was found in 7(23.3%) of them, being high and moderate in 4 women.

[Experimental study of the immune response to swine liver urate oxidase].

An immune response to urate oxidase--an enzyme from pig liver was studied. Peculiarities of antibody formation were investigated in three animal species. It was shown that the scheme for repeated injections of the enzyme preparation had a marked effect on the intensity of humoral immune response.