Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq

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• Research   
  Serum irisin level in normotensive versus preeclamptic pregnant women
  Author(s): Amal Muner Mubarak*, Aseel Abdulameer Mohammed and Batool Alkhalidi
  
  Introduction: Hypertensive disorders are a common complication of pregnancy that put women and their fetuses at disproportionate risk for further complications, as well as life-long sequelae. Irisin was reported to have vasodilator, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory effects and to improve endothelial dysfunction, which suggest that it may aid in improvement of placental ischemia during preeclampsia. Aim of the study: To assess level serum irisin in normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancies. Patients and method: A case control study, conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Al-Zahra’a Teaching Hospital, Al-Najaf city, from the 1st of September 2021 to the first of July 2022. In the current study 60 pregnant women were enrolled, and divided into 2 groups: Thirty pregnant with preeclampsia from 2.. Read More»
  

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