Prediction of Placenta Previa from Serial Reading of Serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Late in the First Half of Pregnancy.

Background: Abnormally sited placenta is considered a major life-threatening condition for pregnant woman, and many debate about the way of early diagnosis and management to decrease the mortality and morbidity.

Aim Of Study: To evaluate the role of beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (B-HCG) level in the first half of pregnancy as a marker for prediction of placenta previa.

Study Design: This is a prospective study done in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital from first of January 2020 till first of January 2021.

Metastatin as a Marker for Hyperandrogenemia in Iraqi Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Objective: Kisspeptin 1 might reflect increased androgen level in polycystic ovarian syndrome instead of other markers. . A case control study was performed in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital from 1 of July 2016 to 1 of July 2017; it involved 87 women divided into two groups: 44 women diagnosed as PCOS, 22 women with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m and 22 women with BMI < 25 kg/m, and another 43 women without PCOS, 22 women with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m and 21 women with BMI < 25 kg/m.

Serum Leptin as a Marker for Severity of Endometriosis.

Background: Endometriosis a disease of theories, and one of the important causes of chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and subfertility. Surgery is the mainstay step for the diagnosis; noninvasive test is the goal in the future. .