Vibroacoustic stimulation in abnormal biophysical profile: verification of facilitation of fetal well-being.

Objectives: To verify the effect of vibroacoustic stimulation on biophysical profile score, with a prospective randomised study.

Study Design: All women with singleton pregnancy, gestational age >or=30 weeks, intact membranes and biophysical profile score View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Epidemiology of human brucellosis in a rural area of north-western Peloponnese in Greece.

A case-control study was conducted in a rural area of Achaia in western Greece to examine the risk factors of brucellosis. The participants in the study were 414 (7.5% of the whole population of the investigated municipality).

Plasma retinol and tocopherol levels in greek elderly population from an urban and a rural area: associations with the dietary habits.

Data on plasma concentrations of retinol and alpha-tocopherol in elderly (over 65 years) living in the Mediterranean countries are sparse. In the current study, plasma retinol and alpha-tocopherol concentrations were determined in 200 healthy subjects (82 men and 112 women) residing in an urban and in a rural area in South Western Greece. High prevalence of low plasma retinol concentration was observed for both sexes in each area.

Organochlorine pesticide residues in human breast milk from southwest Greece: associations with weekly food consumption patterns of mothers.

Breast milk samples were collected from 112 mothers who resided in southwest Greece during the years 1995-1997. The following chemicals, which were present in some of the milk samples, were quantified by gas chromatography: residues of lindane (i.e.

Anticardiolipin antibodies levels in healthy pregnant and non-pregnant woman.

To determine the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies in healthy non pregnant women and during normal pregnancy, 110 healthy women of mean age 25 years old and 53 healthy pregnant females of mean age 24.5 years old, who no one suffered from any autoimmune disease, were studied. In all women the anticardiolipin antibodies were measured in duplicate by the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).