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Infant and Child MRI: A Review of Scanning Procedures

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe method to examine human brain. However, a typical MR scan is very sensitive to motion, and it requires the subject to lie still during the acquisition, which is a major challenge for pediatric scans ...
Anni Copeland   +26 more
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Aperiodic parameters of the fMRI power spectrum associate with preterm birth and neonatal age

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Perinatal period is a critical time for brain development and premature-born children have an elevated likelihood for neurodevelopmental conditions. While strong associations of structural magnetic resonance imaging with preterm birth and post-menstrual ...
Ilkka Suuronen   +14 more
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Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk

open access: yesInternational Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background Human breast milk is one of the key early postnatal biological exposures for the developing child. It includes bioactive compounds, such as cortisol and fatty acids, which may be linked via the mother’s lipid metabolism.
Kaisa M. Linderborg   +6 more
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Association between allergen-specific immunoglobulin E sensitization, allergic rhinitis symptoms, and quality of life in school-aged children

open access: yesScientific Reports
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) sensitization and allergic rhinitis (AR) symptoms in school-aged children in Japan and to understand the current severity of AR symptoms and the quality of ...
Daisuke Watanabe   +8 more
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Syphilis-attributable adverse pregnancy outcomes in China: a retrospective cohort analysis of 1187 pregnant women with different syphilis treatment

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Syphilis is responsible for a substantial burden of preventable adverse outcomes in pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of adverse pregnancy outcomes among syphilis-seropositive women who received different ...
Huihui Liu   +11 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Incidental Findings in Brain MRIs of Healthy Neonates—The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Birth is a traumatic event with molding forces directed to the fetal skull, which may result in intracranial hemorrhages. However, the knowledge on prevalence and risk factors of incidental brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in ...
Venla Kumpulainen   +23 more
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Appropriate procedures to increase the adherence of children to blood collection: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aim Venipuncture for blood collection elicits fear and pain in children. We investigated factors that affect satisfaction with health checkups that included blood collection in healthy 7–8‐year‐old children who underwent blood collection ...
Hideki Yui   +11 more
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Alexithymic Traits and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Pregnant Women

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
IntroductionAlexithymia, a personality construct characterized by difficulties in identifying and expressing emotions, and an externally oriented thinking style, has been associated with a number of stress-related disorders, and physiological markers of ...
Jani Kajanoja   +16 more
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Limb muscle mass and phase angle asymmetry in 8-year-old children

open access: yesScientific Reports
Little is known about phase angle (PhA), a bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) indicator of cellular health, and muscle asymmetry in the limbs of children. The purpose of this study is to clarify PhA and muscle mass asymmetry in the limbs of children.
Masanori Wako   +10 more
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Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019
Prenatal stress is associated with child behavioral outcomes increasing susceptibility for psychiatric disorders in later life. Altered fetal brain development might partly mediate this association, as some studies suggest.
Henriette Acosta   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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