We report a 44 year old nulligravida Jehovah’s Witness with a known fibroid uterus who presented with menorrhagia and life-threatening anemia. Adamant in her refusal of blood products and deemed…
Case notes A 63-year-old woman was referred to our institute, because a lesion of the pancreatic tail, an incidental finding during a general health examination, was progressively enlarging. At the…
In February 2011, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, at its Annual Clinical Meeting, held a debate session. One of the topics debated was whether or not cerclage should be performed…
Several large randomized controlled clinical trials failed to find that standard periodontal therapy during pregnancy reduces the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (eg, preterm birth and low birthweight). However, treating…
In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article…
We evaluated the feasibility and operative and postoperative outcomes of office balloon vaginoplasty. Office balloon vaginoplasty was performed successfully for a case with vaginal aplasia. She was currently married and…
Objective To investigate placental protein 13 (PP13) localization in relation to cytoskeleton and lipid rafts in preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Study Design Placental cryosections from patients with preeclampsia and HELLP,…
The article below summarizes a roundtable discussion of a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research….
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether human amnion epithelial cells (hAECs) can modulate the pulmonary developmental consequences of intrauterine inflammation in fetal sheep that are exposed…
Objective Maternal immunization with oxidized low-density lipoprotein prior to pregnancy prevents pathogenic in utero programming by gestational hypercholesterolemia, but it is unknown whether gestational hypercholesterolemia and maternal immunization affect similar…
