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Oestrogenic Endocrine Disruptors in the Placenta and the Fetus
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous substances that interfere with the stability and regulation of the endocrine system of the body or its offspring. These substances are generally stable in chemical properties, not easy to be biodegraded,
Zi-Run Tang+4 more
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Unsolved problems in CDH follow-up
In patients affected by CDH, survival beyond the neonatal period continues to increase thanks to technological and pharmacological improvements. Conversely, patients, families and caregivers are more and more frequently facing “new” complex late ...
Laura Valfré+8 more
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Fetus dose calculation during proton therapy of pregnant phantoms using MCNPX and MCNP6.2 codes [PDF]
Radiotherapy of pregnant cancer patients is not common, but when applied accurate assessment of the fetus dose is required, especially since the treatment planning systems are not able and do not allow accurate assessment of out-of-field doses. Proton therapy significantly reduces out-of-field doses, such as dose to the fetus, when compared to the ...
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Background To date, 40 Human Milk Banks (HMB) have been established in Italy; however, recent cost analysis data for operating an HMB in Italy are not available in the literature. Methods This study was a cross-sectional study performed at “Bambino Gesù”
Guglielmo Salvatori+8 more
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Against the impairment argument: A reply to Hendricks [PDF]
In an article of this journal, Perry Hendricks makes a novel argument for the immorality of abortion. According to his impairment argument, abortion is immoral because: (a) it is wrong to impair a fetus to the nth degree, such as causing the fetus to ...
Räsänen, Joona
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Fetus in fetu was first identified in the early 19th century by Meckel. It is a rare congenital anomaly which occurs from anomalous embryogenesis in which a malformed parasitic twin is found within the body of the normally developed host. In most cases, the parasitic twin is anencephalic and usually contains a vertebral column and budding limbs.
Sudhir Malwade+3 more
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Candida parapsilosis infections are increasingly reported in preterm neonates, but the optimal treatment remains uncertain. We report the clinical history of an extremely preterm neonate, who developed a devastating skin necrosis due to terlipressin ...
Domenico Umberto De Rose+5 more
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FPUS23: An Ultrasound Fetus Phantom Dataset with Deep Neural Network Evaluations for Fetus Orientations, Fetal Planes, and Anatomical Features [PDF]
Ultrasound imaging is one of the most prominent technologies to evaluate the growth, progression, and overall health of a fetus during its gestation. However, the interpretation of the data obtained from such studies is best left to expert physicians and technicians who are trained and well-versed in analyzing such images.
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A 2-year-old boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) developed intestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), associated with massive intestinal pneumatosis (IP), pneumoretroperitoneum (PRP ...
Giorgia Contini+6 more
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(1) Background: Massive social efforts to prevent the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic have affected the epidemiological features of respiratory infections.
Domenico Umberto De Rose+15 more
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