[Sperm disorder in males with obesity and metabolic syndrome--pilot study].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to compare the semen quality in men with metabolic syndrome /MS/ and controls.

Materials And Methods: Semen samples were collected from 42 males (mean age--27.69 +/- 7.

[Course of pregnancy and delivery in cases with cervical deciduosis].

Aim: The aim of this study was to establish influence of cervical deciduosis on pregnancy and time and route of delivery.

Material And Methods: The study included 28 pregnant women with diagnosis of cervical deciduosis. We followed progress of pregnancy, genital bleeding manifestation and time and route of delivery.

[The anti-mullerian hormone--physiology and application into clinical practice].

The Anti-Mullerian hormone /AMH/ is a glycoprotein of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily. It induces regression of the Mullerian ducts during the male sex differentiation. The hormone actions occur through serin/threonin kinase receptors-AMHRI and AMHRII.

[Changes of activation in T-lymphocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood during pregnancy].

From an immunological point of view during pregnancy the interactions between the steroid sex hormones and immunocompetent cells as a part of the dynamic local and peripheral immune response is of a particular interest. The aim of our study is to investigate the expression of the early activation marker CD69 in T-lymphocytes subpopulation: CD4+ and CD8+ in peripheral blood from pregnant and non-pregnant women. Our data clearly demonstrate an increase of the percentage of activated CD4+ lymphocytes in pregnant women in comparison to non-pregnant and this difference is statistically significant.

[Contraception in women with diabetes mellitus].

Contraception in women suffering of diabetes mellitus is an important question mainly due to it has been proven that pregnancy outcome both for the fetus and for the mother depends on glycemic control before conception right to delivery. That's made planning of future pregnancy mandatory for patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients are advised for contraception until optimization of metabolic control has been achieved or until complete and contemporary treatment of the diabetes complications has been fulfilled.