Background: Hypothyroidism in women at childbearing age (WCA) will cause reproduction disorder, i.e. infertility, spontaneous abortion, impaired growth and development of foetus, placental abruption, and preterm delivery. Pesticide exposure is suspected to cause hypothyroidism. The research objective is to prove that pesticide exposure is a risk factor for hypothyroidism among WCA in agricultur…
Chronic transfusion on thalassemia patients may cause excess of body iron. The increase of body iron may stimulate oxidant production such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) that measured as malondialdehyde (MDA). Increase of ROS production cause cell including erythrocyte membrane destruction that contained lipid compound. The purpose of this research iso determine the corelation between serum l…
Hypothyroidism among women 0/ childbearing age (WCA) in the agricultural area: A study in Kersana sub-district Brebes regency Background: Hypothyroidism can cause infertility, spontaneous abortion. fetal growth-development disorders, Placental abruption and prematurity. Exposure to pesticides, both of organochlorines and organophosphate, can cause hypothyroidism. The aim 0/ the study was to exa…
To investigate which recent infection could have caused the present dengue-like symptoms, in adult patients clinically fulfilling the WHO criteria for dengue, in which serologically were not confirmed for dengue virus infections. Prospective study. During an outbreak of dengue (between May) 1995 and May 1996) 118 consecutive adults (>13 years) suspected by the WHO 1997 case definition of DF or …