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Evaluation of High-Dose Vitamin A Treatment in Postmolar Patients with Low and ...
Uberti,Elza Maria Hartmann; Diaz,Ruth Karina Escobar; Cardoso,Rodrigo Bernardes; Braga,AntonioAbstract Objective To compare the effect of high-dose vitamin A (HD Vit-A) use during postmolar follow-up of patients with low and plateauing (L&P) serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels, from the moment serum hCG plateaued (P-hCG) to the first normal serum hCG value (< 5IU/L). Methods The present retrospective series case study compared two nonconcurrent cohorts of patients. Control group (CG): 34 pati...
Evaluation of Angiogenic Factors (PlGF and sFlt-1) in Pre-eclampsia Diagnosis
Sá,Catherine Primo Nogueira de; Jiménez,Mirela Foresti; Rosa,Marcos Wengrover; Arlindo,Ellen Machado; Ayub,Antonio Celso KoehlerAbstract Objective: Recent observations support the hypothesis that an imbalance between angiogenic factors has a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia and is responsible for the clinical manifestations of the disease. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and the best accuracy level of Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), placental growth factor (Pl...