Not only pregnancy but also the number of fetuses in the uterus affects intraocular pressure
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Aim: To investigate whether, intraocular pressure (IOP) is affected when there is a second fetus in the uterus during pregnancy. Materials and Methods: Eighty eyes of 40 twin pregnancies (TwPs), 80 eyes of 40 singleton pregnancies (SiPs) and 80 eyes of ...
Metin Saylik, Safiye A Saylık
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Reduction of the number of fetuses for women with a multiple pregnancy. [PDF]
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2015 When couples are faced with the dilemma of a higher-order multiple pregnancy there are three options. Termination of the entire pregnancy has generally not been acceptable to women, especially for those with a past history of infertility. Attempting to continue with all the fetuses is associated with inherent problems of preterm birth, survival and ...
Dodd JM, Dowswell T, Crowther CA.
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Reducing the number of fetuses in a pregnancy: providers' and patients' views of challenges. [PDF]
Hum Reprod, 2016 STUDY QUESTION: How do patients and providers perceive and make decisions about possible reductions of multi-fetal pregnancies? SUMMARY ANSWER: Physicians may be transferring additional embryos, assuming that patients will later undergo reduction if need be; but decisions to reduce pregnancies are difficult for patients, who may agree to undergo the ...
L Klitzman R.
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Dexamethasone treatment during pregnancy influences the number of TSH cells in rat fetuses [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2008 Glucocorticoids and thyroid hormones control many aspects of fetal development. Using immunohistochemistry and stereology, in the present study we investigated the effects of dexamethasone (Dx) administration during pregnancy on pituitary TSH cells of 19-
Manojlović-Stojanoski Milica +6 more
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Studies on the induction of pregnancy and the number of fetuses during pregnancy in rats
Journal of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, 2020 This study used adult wistar-based rats to observe the sexual cycle as a morphological characteristic of vaginal epithelial cells by vaginal smearing, and investigated the fetal number through mating with male rats of the same strain.
Seung-Hee Choi +6 more
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Copy number variants in fetuses with isolated and non-isolated increased nuchal translucency detected by chromosomal microarray analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in GeneticsObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to explore the detection rate of chromosomal copy number variants (CNVs) in fetuses with isolated and non-isolated increased nuchal translucency (NT) by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA).MethodsA retrospective ...
Shuxian Huang +10 more
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Vortex formation of cardiac bilateral ventricles in fetuses with tetralogy of fallot assessed by blood speckle-tracking echocardiography [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground To analyze the vortex characteristics of the cardiac bilateral ventricles in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) using a high–frame rate ultrasound with blood speckle-tracking (BST). Methods A prospective cross-sectional study of 35 fetuses
Yushan Liu +5 more
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High Vitamin D Level in Female Mice Increases the Number of Live Fetuses
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 2023 Little is known about the impact of high-normal range of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] on reproductive function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different dose vitamin D supplementation in female mice on the pregnancy outcomes.
Guoqiang, Liu +5 more
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Kidney surface development in human fetuses: study applied to radiological diagnosis
International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2022 Objective: To evaluate the anatomical aspects of the kidney surface in human fetuses during the second gestational trimester. Material and Methods: We studied 108 kidneys obtained from 54 human fetuses (29 males and 25 females). The kidney was dissected
Luciano A. Favorito +4 more
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Effects of Fetal, Ovarian, and Placental Weight of Various Number of Fetuses in the Rat [PDF]
Biology of Reproduction, 1971 One to eight blastocysts were transferred to pseudopregnant rats and the effects of different numbers of fetuses on various parameters was established on day 18 of pregnancy. Mean fetal weight was unaffected by the number of fetuses present but average placental weight was strongly influenced.
M A, Zambrana, G S, Greenwald
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