Purpose: We aimed to investigate pentraxin 3 and placental protein 13 levels related to the pathogenesis of the disease, as well as albumin, lactate dehydrogenase, uric acid and platelet count values, which are frequently requested laboratory tests, in second and third...

Objective: Preeclampsia is characterized with edema, proteinuria and hypertension and develops after the 20th week of pregnancy and seen only in pregnancy. In preeclampsia vasospastic ischemia and hypertension can lead to brain, liver and renal infarction. One of the renal...

Hyperhomocysteinemia and increased ACE activity due to the deletion polymorphism of the ACE gene are two common features in a wide variety of pathological conditions that exhibit endothelial disturbances. In this study, we examined both the I/D genotype distribution and the activity of ACE in...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of between second-trimester maternal serum alphafetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin b, unconjugated estriol levels and pregnancy complications.

Material and Methods: The data...