Introduction: Pregnancy is a physiological state in which significant changes in thyroid function occur. Several factors contribute to these changes. These factors could contribute to thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy especially when a deficiency of iodine intake exists and when thyroid reserve is not sufficient.Aim: To …..
Objective: to test the hypothesis that there is a difference in the contraceptive satisfaction of women with sickle-cell anemia (SC) using long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARC) and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Methods: cross-sectional study performed at two reference centers for SC women in Bahia, Brazil …..
Skeletal dysplasias (SD) or osteochondrodysplasias encompass a heterogenous group of bone and cartilage disorders with over 450 subtypes of the condition classified prenatally. The most common subtype is osteogenesis imperfecta (16%) followed by thanatophoric dysplasia (14%) and achondrogenesis; these three comprise the majority of lethal …..
Kernicterus and severe jaundice are major contributors to neonatal morbidity in Nigeria, and they are commonly treated using invasive exchange blood transfusion (EBT) techniques. Total body phototherapy exposure (TBPE) is a new technique that avoids the risks of EBT and has been shown to be …..
Menopause, natural or premature, was long been considered to be incompatible with conception with the own eggs of the women affected. Here we describe a case of a 32-year-old woman with premature menopause, characterized by amenorrea, the absence of antral follicles in the ovaries, high …..
Background: Preterm birth is defined by the World Health Organization as babies born before 37 completed weeks of gestation or fewer than 259 days since the first day of woman’s last menstrual period. Preterm birth is the first leading cause of neonatal mortality and the …..