Congenital Syphilis Masquerading as Leukemia
American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2017 As of late, the incidence of congenital syphilis in the United States is increasing. Each new case represents a failure of preventing, diagnosing, and treating syphilis in pregnant women. Pediatricians should confirm that all women have received adequate
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Automatic Tissue Segmentation with Deep Learning in Patients with Congenital or Acquired Distortion of Brain Anatomy [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Brains with complex distortion of cerebral anatomy present several challenges to automatic tissue segmentation methods of T1-weighted MR images. First, the very high variability in the morphology of the tissues can be incompatible with the prior knowledge embedded within the algorithms.
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, 2012 OBJECTIVES: To review and summarize the essential components of HIV treatment and care services in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: Literature review and reflection on programmatic experience.
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Stop, think SCORTCH: rethinking the traditional 'TORCH' screen in an era of re-emerging syphilis [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of congenital infections is ever changing, with a recent resurgence in syphilis infection rates seen in the UK. Identification of congenital infection is often delayed; early recognition and management of congenital ...
Burns, JE +4 more
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Lyme Borreliosis During Pregnancy [PDF]
, 2012 One of the authors (AL) presented a poster on 34 pregnancies of maternal Lyme borreliosis (Lb) in 1995. It was striking that untreated Lb associated with higher probability of adverse outcome but the number of patients were small and the statistical ...
Andrá, Norbert Solymosi
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Automated Detection of Congenital Heart Disease in Fetal Ultrasound Screening [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Prenatal screening with ultrasound can lower neonatal mortality significantly for selected cardiac abnormalities. However, the need for human expertise, coupled with the high volume of screening cases, limits the practically achievable detection rates.
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An economic analysis of midwifery training programmes in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. [PDF]
, 2002 In order to improve the knowledge and skills of midwives at health facilities and those based in villages in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, three in-service training programmes were carried out during 1995-98.
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Syphilis screening in the antenatal care: a cross-sectional study from Botswana [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Congenital syphilis is recognized as a substantial public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of syphilis among antenatal care attendees in Botswana and to contribute to knowledge about ...
Rahman, Mafizur, Romoren, Maria
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Edge-based Modeling for Disease Transmission on Random Graphs: An Application to Mitigate a Syphilis Outbreak [PDF]
arXivEdge-based network models, especially those based on bond percolation methods, can be used to model disease transmission on complex networks and accommodate social heterogeneity while keeping tractability. Here we present an application of an edge-based network model to the spread of syphilis in the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A ...
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CONGENITAL SYPHILIS, SIMULATING MONGOLISM, IN ONE OF TWINS [PDF]
, 1916 Frank van der Bogert
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