Mona K. Farag
Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Publications
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Research
Evaluating the level of circulating micro-rnas 210&152asa clinical bio marker in late onset pre eclampsia in the Egyptian population
Author(s): Dina Y. Mansour*, Mohamed A. Elkady, Khaled R. Gaber, Mona K. Farag and Mohamad Aly Fareed
Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is considered one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidities. In the Egyptian population, studies were made for discovering biomarkers to help in the diagnosis of PE and in its prediction in order to avoid PE consequences through proper antenatal care. MiRNAs showed through the last decade their involvement in the pathogenesis of PE. Objective: To investigate the levels of expression of miRNA 210 and 152 in patients with PE compared to healthy pregnant females in the third trimester. Subjects and methods: This study was a case control study carried out in the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Medicine, National Research Centre, and Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital Causality Unit from January 2017 until January 2019, where the levels of expression of miR.. Read More»