Arturo Cardona-Ospina Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Maternal Fetal Medicine, Risk Pregnancy, Fetal Therapy, Fetal ultrasound
Clinical el Prado, Medellin, 05001000, Colombia
Dr. Artuto Cardona Ospina is an expert in Maternal Fetal Medicine and has more than 10 years of experience as an outstanding Gynecologist and Obstetrician in various prestigious institutions such as the Prado Clinic. He trained as a Physician and Surgeon General at the Free University of Cali, is a Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the University of Antioquia and did SubSpecialization in Fetology , at the Fetus Studies Center, in Sao Paulo - Brazil.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Vanessa Corrales-Agudelo, Julio C Bueno-Sanchez, Beatriz Pena-Arboleda, Arturo Cardona-Ospina, Ernesto Lopez-Rojas, Luis Escobar, Juan G Maldonado-Estrada and Beatriz E Parra-Sosa
Background: Maternal iron deficiency negatively affects the iron status of the newborn and could have adverse effects during childhood and adult life, particularly on cognitive and productive processes. Because few studies have related the
level of iron receptor expression in the placenta with maternal and/or newborn iron status, the objective of this study was to evaluate the association between the iron statuses in the mother and the newborn and the expression of transferrin
receptor-1 (TfR1) and ferroportin (FPN) in the full-term human placenta.
Materials and methods: A pilot study, cross-sectional design, we selected full-term pregnant women based on their antepartum iron status: iron deficiency with anemia (IDA, n=5), iron deficie... view moreĀ»