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Prenatal Diagnosis, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 523-532, April 2026.ABSTRACT Objective The first‐trimester anomaly scan (FTAS) allows early detection of fetal structural anomalies. Decisions on timing and scan protocol influence its performance. Understanding how pregnant women and healthcare professionals value these aspects is essential for shaping screening programs.
Eline E. R. Lust +9 more
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Maternal and neonatal serum magnesium concentrations in neural tube defects pregnancies in Gorgan (North of Iran) - A case control study [PDF]
, 2010 Objective: Neural tube defects (NTD) comprise a group of congenital malformations that include spinabifida, anencephaly and encephalocele. Previous studies have reported the embryotoxic and teratogenic effects of Magnesium deficiency in animal models ...
Golalipour, M.J., Mansourian, A.R.
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Deficiencies of the microelements, folate and vitamin B12 in women of the child bearing ages in Gorgan, Northern Iran [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The deficiencies of folic acid, vitamin B12, and microelements during pregnancy may affect the health of newborns. Objectives: To assess the serum levels of folate, vitamin B12, iron, zinc and copper in healthy women of the childbearing ages ...
Behnampour, N. +2 more
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Birth Defects Research, Volume 118, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background No consistent genetic etiology has been found for a group of six different conditions in humans with multiple malformations called “recurrent constellations of embryonic malformations” (RCEM). Recent studies indicate hypoxia/reoxygenation and generation Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) as an underlying mechanism for RCEM with the ...
Aaron P. Adam +3 more
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Fetal Pain Perception: Legislative Assertions and Developmental Neuroscience
Annals of the Child Neurology Society, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 15-28, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background Pain perception is a conscious experience, but neither pain nor consciousness is defined in the developing human fetus. Emergent consciousness may be regarded as a phenomenon that ultimately arises from an essential minimum of functional neuronal connectivity. Proposed U.S.
William D. Graf +9 more
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Knowledge and practice of urban Iranian pregnant women towards folic acid intake for neural tube defect prevention. [PDF]
, 2012 To assess the knowledge and practice of urban Iranian pregnant women regarding periconceptional folic acid intake for neural tube defect (NTD) prevention.
Golalipour, M.J. +2 more
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A Life Worth Sustaining? Bestowed Worth and Pediatric Care
Hastings Center Report, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 30-42, March–April 2026.Abstract When parents request life‐sustaining treatments for children who suffer from profound neurocognitive disabilities or are at the end of life, the typical ethics advice for clinicians is to accommodate the request. It can be unclear what interests such children have, and being unable to assess those interests, a clinician will tend to honor ...
Daniel T. Kim, Xiang Yu
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Neural tube defects: recent advances, unsolved questions, and controversies [PDF]
, 2013 Neural tube defects are severe congenital malformations affecting around one in every 1000 pregnancies. An innovation in clinical management has come from the finding that closure of open spina bifida lesions in utero can diminish neurological ...
Copp, AJ, Greene, NDE, Stanier, P
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The Effect of Gestational Diabetes on Neonatal Outcomes in Jeddah City: A Retrospective Study
Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Saudi Arabia is believed to affect 36% of all pregnant women. Many adverse outcomes affect the lives of the neonates of these mothers. Therefore, this study aims to assess the association between GDM and neonatal health outcomes in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. Methods A
Ahmad Ismail +4 more
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Abortion at the Supreme Court: The Anencephaly Case in Brazil
Revista Estudos Feministas, 2008 This paper analyses the ethical and legal challenges of the anencephaly case in Brazil. The case study is the Supreme Court case on anencephaly proposed in 2004.
Debora Diniz +1 more
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