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Beyond liver cancer, more application scenarios for alpha-fetoprotein in clinical practice

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a commonly used clinical biomarker. Before 1970, the two-way agar diffusion method was mainly used, and the specificity of AFP in the diagnosis of primary liver cancer was satisfactory. However, its positivity rate was not very
Chenyu Ma, Yuexinzi Jin, Yuhan Wang, Huaguo Xu, Jiexin Zhang   +4 more
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Utility of a modified vascular corrosion casting technique in the diagnosis of fetal total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Scientific Reports, 2021
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation, and prenatal detection of TAPVC malformation remains a challenging. TAPVC can be easily missed or misdiagnosed in prenatal examinations.
Jiaqi Zhang, Wei Feng, Qiaoyue He, Hongzhi Guo, He Zeng, Ziyi Si, Ya Liu, Yu Wang   +7 more
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Protocols for the Evaluation of Neurodevelopmental Alterations in Rabbit Models In Vitro and In Vivo

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2022
The rabbit model is gaining importance in the field of neurodevelopmental evaluation due to its higher similarity to humans in terms of brain development and maturation than rodents.
Laura Pla, Britta Anna Kühne, Britta Anna Kühne, Laia Guardia-Escote, Laia Guardia-Escote, Paula Vázquez-Aristizabal, Paula Vázquez-Aristizabal, Carla Loreiro, Burkhard Flick, Eduard Gratacós, Marta Barenys, Miriam Illa   +11 more
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Electromagnetic fields exposure on fetal and childhood abnormalities: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Open Medicine, 2023
Today, in the modern world, people are often exposed to electromagnetic waves, which can have undesirable effects on cell components that lead to differentiation and abnormalities in cell proliferation, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage, chromosomal ...
Kashani Zahra Atarodi, Pakzad Reza, Fakari Farzaneh Rashidi, Haghparast Mohammad Sadegh, Abdi Fatemeh, Kiani Zohreh, Talebi Afsaneh, Haghgoo Somaieh Moradi   +7 more
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The Role of Magnesium in Pregnancy and in Fetal Programming of Adult Diseases

Biological Trace Element Research, 2020
Magnesium is an essential trace metal and a necessary factor for multiple biochemical functions in humans. Its role in biology is fundamental in over 600 enzymatic reactions implicated in protein synthesis, mitochondrial functions, neuromuscular activity,
D. Fanni, C. Gerosa, V. Nurchi, M. Manchia, Luca Saba, F. Coghe, G. Crisponi, Yukio Gibo, P. Eyken, V. Fanos, Gavino Faa, Gavino Faa   +11 more
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Systemic sclerosis and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective study from a single center

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2022
Background Pregnancy in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients is no more an infrequent event as it used to be, but literature data on pregnancy outcomes in women with SSc are scarce.
Giuseppe Barilaro, Aleida Castellanos, Inês Gomez-Ferreira, Gema Maria Lledó, Carlo Della Rocca, Lorena Fernandez-Blanco, Ricard Cervera, Núria Baños, Francesc Figueras, Gerard Espinosa   +9 more
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Association between the second-stage duration of labor and perinatal outcomes in women with a prior cesarean delivery

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background The cesarean delivery (CD) rate has been increasing globally. Trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC) has been used as a key method for the reduction of the CD rate.
Yulian Li, Lizi Zhang, Lijun Huang, Yingyu Liang, Jingsi Chen, Shilei Bi, Weinan Deng, Lin Lin, Xiaoyi Wang, Luwen Ren, Shanshan Zeng, Minshan Huang, Baoying Huang, Yijian Zhang, Sushan Xie, Lili Du, Dunjin Chen   +16 more
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The application of late amniocentesis: a retrospective study in a tertiary fetal medicine center in China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background To assess the indications and complications of late amniocentesis and the advanced genetic test results in a tertiary university fetal medical medicine unit.
Yingting Li, Huanchen Yan, Jingsi Chen, Fei Chen, Wei Jian, Jiayan Wang, Xiaoqing Ye, Yufan Li, Nan Li, Philip C. N. Chiu, Min Chen   +10 more
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Rabbit neurospheres as a novel in vitro tool for studying neurodevelopmental effects induced by intrauterine growth restriction

Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 2021
The aim of this study was to develop a rabbit neurosphere culture to characterize differences in basic processes of neurogenesis induced by intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
Marta Barenys, Miriam Illa, Maxi Hofrichter, Carla Loreiro, Laura Pla, Jördis Klose, Britta Anna Kühne, Jesús Gómez‐Catalán, Jan Matthias Braun, Fatima Crispi, Eduard Gratacós, Ellen Fritsche   +11 more
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Prenatal diagnosis of Noonan syndrome in a set of monozygotic twins- a case report

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background We report a pair of dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancy affected by Noonan syndrome (NS) with a novel mutation of LZTR1 determined by genetic analysis.
Wei Jian, Huizhen Yuan, Yu Liu, Jimei Sun, Fei Chen, Yufan Li, Min Chen   +6 more
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