With ultrasonographic evaluation of early pregnancy, its textbook definition (death of a fetus without its expulsion for greater than or equal to 8 weeks) is rarely fulfilled. Yet the term missed abortion is still extensively used today with regard to early pregnancy losses. We recommend its ...
The ketone bodies, beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB) and acetoacetate, are substrates readily available for respiration and lipogenesis, particularly in the developing central nervous system. Ketone body concentrations in blood increase in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Measurements of umbilical arterio-venous ...