The purpose of this study was to compare the ultrasound-based LaborPro (Trig Medical Ltd, Yokneam, Israel) system determination of fetal head station and position with routine vaginal examination.
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is characterized by chronic nutrient deprivation and hypoxemia that alters the autonomous nervous system regulation of fetal heart rate variability (fHRV).
We used the organ culture system of human fetal testes that we developed previously (Lambrot et al. 2006), coupled with morphologic, functional, and molecular methods (Lambrot et al. 2006, 2007), to analyze the effects of MEHP on the development of testicular somatic and germ cells during the first trimester of pregnancy (7 12 weeks of gestation).
It is not known whether death of the fetus occurs by reaction of the maternal system to fetal infection, loss of placental integrity, infection of the fetus directly, or some combination of these processes.
Our objective was to compare the 3-tier system with a 5-tier system in evaluation of fetal acidemia.
We developed in this study a new multigate multitransducer pulsed Doppler system for survey of fetal behavior.
It is clear that the maternal immune system is aware of fetal alloantigens during gestation, but is functionally tolerant of them until shortly after parturition [ 4].
The developmental origin of health and disease concept identifies the brain, cardiovascular, liver, and kidney systems as targets of fetal adverse programming with adult consequences.
These three-dimensional cell systems mirror basic processes of fetal brain development such as proliferation, migration, differentiation, and apoptosis.
This unique vulnerability to xenobiotics may be attributed to the immaturity of developing immune systems, the rapid development of fetal organs, and the fact that exposure per body weight is much greater than that for adults (Pinkerton and Joad 2006; Schwartz 2004).
