Medicina clinica
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To validate the Spanish version of the Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Quality of Life (UFS-QoL) questionnaire in women with uterine myomatosis, in order to assess severity of symptoms, and their impact on health-related quality of life. ⋯ The Spanish version of the UFS-QoL questionnaire, used in a sample of the Spanish population, proved a valid and reliable tool to differentiate patients with uterine myomatosis and different grades of symptoms, and to evaluate the impact of the severity of these symptoms on health-related quality of life. In addition, the UFS-QoL proved sensitive to the changes generated by myomatosis treatment.
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The role of probiotics supplementation in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains controversial. We conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the effects of probiotics on fasting blood glucose (FBG), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), total glutathione (GSH), malonaldehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels in pregnant women with GDM. ⋯ This meta-analysis suggests that probiotics supplementation might have a small effect on the reduction of FBG in pregnant women with GDM, and might have certain effects on some biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress. However, given the heterogeneity between studies, the results should be interpreted with caution but are worthy of further investigation.
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Case Reports
Pregnancy exposure to disease-modifying drugs in multiple sclerosis: a prospective study.
In multiple sclerosis (MS), foetal exposure to disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) carries varying degrees of risk. We sought to analyse the clinical and obstetric outcomes of MS patients (MSp) exposed to DMDs during pregnancy. ⋯ There were no significant differences in the clinical and obstetric variables analysed between pregnant women exposed to DMDs, unexposed, and HPW.