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Isolation and characterization of fetal nucleated red blood cells from maternal blood as a target for single cell sequencing‐based non‐invasive genetic testing

Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2021
Purpose Although non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) based on cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal plasma has been prevailing worldwide, low levels of fetal DNA fraction may lead to false‐negative results. Since fetal cells in maternal blood provide a pure
Noriko Ito, Kazuhiro Tsukamoto, Kosuke Taniguchi, Ken Takahashi, Aikou Okamoto, Hiroaki Aoki, Yuka Otera‐Takahashi, Michihiro Kitagawa, Hiroko Ogata‐Kawata, Hideaki Morita, Kenichiro Hata, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi   +11 more
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Obstetric anti-phospholipid syndrome: from pathogenesis to treatment

Immunological Medicine, 2021
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by clinical manifestations such as thrombosis and obstetric complications with documented persistence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs).
Kayoko Kaneko, Nobuaki Ozawa, Atsuko Murashima   +2 more
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Chylothorax Associated with Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
Introduction Congenital complete atrioventricular block (CCAVB) associated with congenital chylothorax is a rare finding that has been reported in only one case in the literature.
Shuhei Fujino, Hidehiko Maruyama, Keiko Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Ono, Tetsuya Isayama, Yushi Ito   +5 more
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Development of fetal hearing [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 1994
Previous research has revealed that the human fetus responds to sound, but to date there has been little systematic investigation of the development of fetal hearing. The development of fetal behavioural responsiveness to pure tone auditory stimuli (100 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, and 3000 Hz) was examined from 19 to 35 weeks of gestational age ...
Hepper, Peter, Shahidullah, S.
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Prenatal treprostinil reduces the pulmonary hypertension phenotype in the rat model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia

EBioMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PH) causes significant mortality and morbidity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
Felix Rafael De Bie, Christopher Gates Halline, Travis Kotzur, Kevin Hayes, Christopher Copeland Rouse, Jonathan Chang, Abby Christine Larson, Sameer Ahmad Khan, Ashley Spina, Samantha Tilden, Francesca Maria Russo, Holly Lee Hedrick, Jan Deprest, Emily Anne Partridge   +13 more
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A Case of Fatal Pulmonary Hypoplasia with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Thoracic Myelomeningocele, and Thoracic Dysplasia

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2017
Background Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is fatal in severe cases of pulmonary hypoplasia. We experienced a fatal case of pulmonary hypoplasia due to CDH, thoracic myelomeningocele (MMC), and thoracic dysplasia.
Ai Ito, Hideshi Fujinaga, Sachiko Matsui, Kumiko Tago, Yuka Iwasaki, Shuhei Fujino, Junko Nagasawa, Shoichiro Amari, Masao Kaneshige, Yuka Wada, Shigehiro Takahashi, Keiko Tsukamoto, Osamu Miyazaki, Takako Yoshioka, Akira Ishiguro, Yushi Ito   +15 more
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Trisomy 9 Mosaicism Diagnosed In Utero

Obstetrics and Gynecology International, 2010
We present three cases of trisomy 9 mosaicism diagnosed by amniocentesis with ongoing pregnancies after referral to our center due to fetal abnormalities.
Hironori Takahashi, Satoshi Hayashi, Yumiko Miura, Keiko Tsukamoto, Rika Kosaki, Yushi Itoh, Haruhiko Sago   +6 more
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Ustekinumab during pregnancy and lactation: drug levels in maternal serum, cord blood, breast milk, and infant serum

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2022
Background Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) may be concerned about medication safety during preconception, pregnancy, and lactation, and they should be closely followed up to ensure that UC activity is controlled during the perinatal period ...
Jumpei Saito, Kayoko Kaneko, Hiroyo Kawasaki, Takeshi Hayakawa, Naho Yakuwa, Tomo Suzuki, Haruhiko Sago, Akimasa Yamatani, Atsuko Murashima   +8 more
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Aquaporins in Fetal Development

, 2017
Water homeostasis is essential for fetal growth, and it depends on the successful development of the placenta. Many aquaporins (AQPs) were identified from blastocyst stages to term placenta. In the last years, cytokines, hormones, second messengers, intracellular pH, and membrane proteins were found to regulate their expression and function in the ...
Martinez, Nora, Damiano, Alicia Ermelinda   +1 more
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Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) combined with esophageal atresia, tracheoesophageal fistula and duodenal atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017
Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) is a rare congenital anomaly and the most common etiology is laryngeal atresia. Recently, an increasing number of cases have survived due to prenatal diagnosis and pre- and peri-natal care including ex ...
Yutaka Kanamori, Toshiko Takezoe, Kazunori Tahara, Toshihiko Watanabe, Michinobu Ohno, Kotaro Tomonaga, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Tomoro Hishiki, Akihiro Fujino, Yuri Ozawa, Shoichiro Amari, Hideshi Fujinaga, Yushi Ito, Osamu Miyazaki, Noriko Morimoto, Rika Sugibayashi, Katsusuke Ozawa, Seiji Wada, Haruhiko Sago   +18 more
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