Prenatal detection of Peters plus-like syndrome.

Peters plus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder that includes ocular anterior segment defects of the classic Peter's anomaly, and is mostly associated with craniofacial and skeletal defects. A 21-week fetus was referred for further evaluation due to a suspicion of fetal hydrocephalus. An ultrasound examination revealed hyperechogenic lenses, microphthalmia, hypotelorism, retrognathia, mild ventriculomegaly, absence of the cavum septum pellucidum, and short stature.

Increased C4d and Bb immunoreactivity and decreased MBL immunoreactivity characterise first-time pathologic first-trimester miscarriage: a case-control study.

The role of the complement system in first-time pathologic first-trimester miscarriage was investigated. In this case-control study, tissue samples of 126 women with pathologic miscarriage and termination of normal pregnancies were assessed. The pathologic pregnancy group consisted of 40 women with missed miscarriage, 13 women with incomplete miscarriage and 10 women with a blighted ovum.

Fetal Nasal Bone Length as a Novel Marker for Prediction of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in the First-Trimester of Pregnancy.

Background: Adverse outcomes of pregnancy are a challenging health-care problem. Prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes is important to prevent the morbidities of the foetus and the mother.

Aims: To study the clinical interest of fetal nasal bone length in predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Velamentous and Furcate Cord Insertion with Placenta Accreta in an IVF Pregnancy with Unicornuate Uterus.

Velamentous and furcate cord insertion with concomitant placenta accreta is a very rare and life-threatening event of pregnancy for both the mother and the fetus. Obstetricians should be cautious about umbilical cord insertion and placental adherence abnormalities in pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (ART) particularly in women with Müllerian anomalies.

Ferritin and bile acid levels during the intrauterine pre-treatment of gastroschisis by serial amnioexchange.

We present a case of gastroschisis managed with serial amnioex-changes. Marked decreases were detected in both ferritin and bile acid levels following the procedure. The bowels were not severely affected, as expected.

The effects of resistance training on cardiovascular disease risk factors in postmenopausal women: a randomized-controlled trial.

Our aim was to determine the effects of resistance training on cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women. Forty-five women were included in the study. Resistance exercises were done with an intensity of 60% of 1-Repetition Maximum, for 12 weeks.

Prenatal diagnosis of a 22q11 deletion in a second-trimester fetus with conotruncal anomaly, absent thymus and meningomyelocele: Kousseff syndrome.

A 30-year-old nulliparous woman was seen for a detailed ultrasound scan at 20 weeks of gestation. The scan revealed a male fetus with truncus arteriosus, membranous ventricular septal defect, absent thymus and sacral meningomyelocele. A 46,XY karyotype with a 22q11 deletion was detected.

Neonatal outcome of fetuses receiving intrauterine transfusion for severe hydrops complicated by Rhesus hemolytic disease.

Objective: To evaluate neonatal outcomes among a homogeneous group of fetuses with severe hydrops treated with intrauterine transfusion (IUT).

Methods: In a prospective study at Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, outcomes were compared for 35 IUTs carried out between 2005 and 2010 in 19 pregnancies that were complicated by Rhesus D hemolytic disease with severely hydropic fetuses.

Results: There was no correlation between the number of IUTs and the duration of phototherapy or number of exchange transfusions.

Analysis of perinatal outcome by combination of first trimester maternal plasma homocysteine with uterine artery Doppler velocimetry.

Objective: To analyse the pregnancy outcome by combining plasma homocysteine with uterine artery Doppler velocimetry at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation.

Method: A prospective cohort study with 103 healthy pregnant women. Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry was performed at between 11 and 14 weeks of gestation.

Clinical results of the liquid-based cervical cytology tool, Liqui-PREP, in comparison with conventional smears for detection of squamous cell abnormalities.

Objective: To compare the adequacy and efficacy of the liquid-based cytology tool Liqui-PREP (LP) with the conventional Papanicolaou smear (CS) test, for the screening of squamous cell abnormalities.

Methods: Data for 2,000 subjects screened with CS and 4,000 different subjects screened with the LP test were compared.

Results: LP showed significant decrease in the rate of unsatisfactory smears (P<0.

Domestic violence on pregnant women in Turkey.

Objective: Domestic violence is accepted worldwide as an important health problem. Besides diagnosis and treatment process, there are difficulties when considering of medico-legal evaluation of pregnant women subjected to domestic violence. As a signatory of the ''Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)'' Turkey has certain commitments regarding domestic violence and made regulations on national law.

Fetal gender affects maternal serum total and placental alkaline phosphatase levels during pregnancy.

Objective: To analyze whether fetal gender affects total alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and placental ALP levels in normal pregnancy, and to determine the gestational age at which the difference occurs.

Methods: In this longitudinal study, serum total and placental ALP measurements were carried out in 30 normal pregnant women during different ranges of gestational weeks. Infant sex was recorded at the delivery for all women included in the study.

Effect of fetal gender on maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels throughout pregnancy.

Objectives: Maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin (MshCG) levels are higher in pregnant women with female fetuses than in pregnant women with male fetuses in the third trimester of pregnancy. Our aim was to examine the effect of fetal sex on MshCG levels throughout the pregnancy.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-nine uncomplicated pregnancies (14 had male fetus and 15 had female fetus) were included in the study.

Primary dysmenorrhea and uterine blood flow: a color Doppler study.

Objective: To examine pulsatility index (PI) and resistance index (RI) values in the uterine and arcuate arteries of patients with primary dysmenorrhea (PD) by color Doppler ultrasonography.

Study Design: A total of 49 female university students were recruited for this prospective, observational study. The study group consisted of 25 nulliparous women with PD and a control group of 24 healthy, nulliparous women without dysmenorrhea.

Different maternal serum hCG levels in pregnant women with female and male fetuses: does fetal hypophyseal--adrenal--gonadal axis play a role?

Fetal gender has a significant effect on maternal and cord blood hCG levels, particularly during the last trimester of the pregnancy. However, the reason for this difference is obscure. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether term fetal hypophyseal - adrenal - gonadal axis differs between female and male fetuses thereby causing different hCG levels.

Expression of IGR-IR and VEGF and trophoblastic proliferative activity in placentas from pregnancies complicated by IUGR.

Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is recognized as an important cause of low birth weight and elective preterm delivery. IUGR is associated with multiple causative factors, including placental dysfunction. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate the role of trophoblastic proliferative activity and type I insuline-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expressions in the pathogenesis of IUGR.

Assessment of Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence by cell culture and transcription-mediated amplification in symptomatic women.

Objective: The frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with mucopurulent discharge was determined by a cell culture technique and a transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) assay in endocervical swab specimens.

Subjects And Methods: Endocervical swab specimens were obtained from 116 symptomatic patients with genitourinary complaints or abdominal pain. All of the women were married, with an age range of between 19 and 44 (median 29) years.

A randomized controlled trial of coil removal prior to treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of removing coils on the treatment of mild and moderate pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Methods: Of 126 women who had mild to moderate PID during coil usage, 60 were treated following coil removal and 66 without. Clinical symptoms, findings of gynecologic examination, erythrocyte sedimentation rates (mm/h), leukocyte counts (mm(-3)) were recorded before and after treatment and recovery rates of symptoms and findings were compared with Chi-square and Fisher's absolute Chi-square tests.

Does systematic lymphadenectomy have a benefit on survival of suboptimally debulked patients with stage III ovarian carcinoma? A DEGOG* Study.

Background And Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether systematic lymphadenectomy is necessary in suboptimally cytoreduced patients with stage III ovarian carcinoma.

Methods: Prognostic significance and the effect on survival of systematic pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy were investigated retrospectively in 61 suboptimally debulked patients with stage III ovarian carcinoma. All patients received platinum-based chemotherapy after surgery; 51 patients had been followed for > or =1 year, or until death.

Can serum CA-125 levels predict the optimal primary cytoreduction in patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma?

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of serum CA-125 levels to ability of optimal primary cytoreduction in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma.

Methods: Preoperative serum CA-125 levels were determined by a commercial enzyme immunoassay kit in a series of 92 patients with stage IIIC epithelial ovarian carcinoma. The abilities of various cutoff value of CA-125 to predict suboptimal cytoreductive surgery were determined.