Published in The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
To investigate the mechanism of miRNA-525-5p (miR-525-5p) in regulating the invasion of trophoblast cells. The expressions of miR-525-5p and Homeobox D10 (HOXD10) in pre-eclampsia (PE) and normal placentas were detected. Besides the expressions of miR-525-5p and HOXD10, the levels of Vimentin, N-cadherin and E-cadherin in human trophoblast (HTR)-8 ...
Published in The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Transvaginal sonography (TVS) and office hysteroscopy are considered essential diagnostic tool for the gynecologic everyday practice. Through the years equipment developments in both techniques along with cumulative experience gained by the gynecologists result in a disunity among clinicians in choosing optimal diagnostic approach with regards to e...
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In the literature, many cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positive pregnancies have been observed, mostly with mild findings, but there is limited evidence about perinatal transition and early COVID-19 positive newborns. In this case, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction results ...
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Acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare life-threatening medical emergency unique to pregnancy. It is characterized by progressive microvesicular fatty infiltration of maternal hepatocytes, but the exact etiology has yet to be elucidated. AFLP typically manifests in late third trimester or immediately postpartum and seldom during se...
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To evaluate the efficacy and reliability of transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) technique in making the diagnosis of ascites with unknown cause. Seven patients with ascites with unknown cause and diagnosed with vNOTES between November 2018 and May 2019 were analyzed retrospectively. The following data were collecte...
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Clinical manifestations of deletion 18p syndrome vary a lot, which makes it easily overlooked in the clinical practice. Familial transmission of deletion 18p syndrome is rare. We report a Chinese familial deletion 18p syndrome, which was diagnosed by anatomizing the underlying reason for the discrepancy between noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) a...
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Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract in the developed countries. There are many risk factors defined for the development of endometrial cancer, including obesity. We aimed to evaluate the significance of adiposity on the survival outcomes of the patients with endometrial cancer. The patients diagnosed with e...
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To evaluate the clinical outcome of assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles in couple with male infertility, where the spermatozoa were selected using either a conventional gradient-density centrifugation technique or microfluidic sperm sorting. A total of 181 patients who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) because of male factor infertil...
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We aimed to evaluate placental elasticity for the short-time prediction of delivery in cases of threatened preterm labor (TPL). We performed a prospective study with consented pregnant women diagnosed with TPL (24th to 34th gestational week). According to the birth time, the patients were grouped into two groups, whether the delivery happened in th...
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Teratomas are one of the most common germ cell tumors, and they usually occur in ovaries. Extragonadal teratomas are rare, especially immature ones. Only several cases of primary teratomas of the uterus have been reported since 1929. Here, the case of an 11-year-old patient who had a 6-month history of sustained abnormal vaginal discharge is presen...
