My OB/GYN refused to give me a beta blood test to see if my levels were going down instead of up because I got the procedure done somewhere else. I explained that they had been my OB/GYN for 12 years and that they had tested my blood for both of my pregnancies that I have live ...
Red blood cell contamination was removed by adding hemolysis buffer and then medium containing DMEM/F12 (Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 IU/mL penicillin, 0.1 mg/mL streptomycin (all from Thermo Fisher Scientific, ...
hCG assays have evolved through a long history [55–60] (Table3). The first pregnancy assay or hCG test was the famous Zondek-Aschein Test described in 1930 [55]. The Aschheim-Zondek test was based upon the observation that when urine from a female in the early months of pregnancy is...
Some evidence confirming our results came from the consultation of datasets of published studies that were not focused on our COVID19-lncRNAs. Due to the low expression of lncRNAs in blood samples, not all the lncRNAs were detectable in each analyzed dataset. The first dataset derives from the...
The patients had blood samples drawn at the regular physician's office and sent to our institution for analysis. This survey on late morbidity from treatment was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics of Southern Norway (2015/1264). 2.2.2. Trophoblastic tumor patients Two...
Our results, in agreement with the literature, suggest that transfers of cryopreserved embryos resulted in higher β-hCG levels. This could be explained by the assumption that cryopreservation improves mitochondrial function and cell viability in embryos due to the beneficial effect of antioxidants in ...
Third, all the patients had the serum β-hCG test on exactly the same day after ET in a single laboratory, minimizing the bias from the blood test. However, the study had the following disadvantages. The sample size in the PGT group was relatively small, which might have limited the ...
(Guideline of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2019) as elevated blood pressure >140/90 mmHg, proteinuria >300 mg/day and/or signs of end-organ dysfunction not otherwise explained) or abnormal fetal growth defined according to national guidelines (Guideline of the German Society...
Grade 5: All of the above plus change in blood volume, increased viscosity due to haemoconcentration, coagulation abnormalities, and diminished renal perfusion and functions.Grade 6: Severe or critically ill patients admitted in intensive care involving multiple organ systems....
Although the anti-relaxin antibodies will not penetrate the testes because of the blood/testes barrier, they can penetrate the epididymis and they will also be secreted into the fluid which becomes mixed with the sperm shortly before or during ejaculation. Thus, by producing anti-relaxin ...