BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects about 10% of women usually of reproductive age. It often has severe negative impacts on patients' quality of life, but the average time to a definitive diagnosis remains 7-9 years, and there are few effecti…
A rudimentary horn (RH) of an unicoruate uterus is functional when there's an endometrial cavity, which may be communicating or non-communicating to the main body and cervix. This is results from the incomplete development and failure of fu…
Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death globally and is a major burden to every health system in the world. There have been significant improvements in risk modification, treatments, and mortality; however, our ability to…
ObjectiveTo evaluate ovarian function after total abdominal hysterectomy in premenopausal women.MethodsIn the present cross-sectional study, we enrolled 52 healthy female subjects having normal menstrual cycle as controls and 37 female pati…
O1 The metabolomics approach to autism: identification of biomarkers for early detection of autism spectrum disorder A. K. Srivastava, Y. Wang, R. Huang, C. Skinner, T. Thompson, L. Pollard, T. Wood, F. Luo, R. Stevenson O2 Phenome-wide ass…
IntroductionDefensins are cytotoxic peptides and have a well-defined role in host defense. Human alpha defensins 1-3 (HNP1-3) are primarily produced by peripheral neutrophils and constitute about 50% of the azurphil granule protein. Studies…
BACKGROUND: Alpha and beta defensins have been isolated from various human tissues and form an important part of the innate immune system. Their role in implantation of the embryo has not yet been studied. This study was designed to detect …