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African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2008 Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a pathological condition in which the malformed foetus is found in the body of its twin. We report this rare case of a 3-month-old female baby whose diagnostic work-up suggested a mesenteric cyst but the mass at surgery was a FIF.Although current imaging modalities like computerized Tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have ...
Balogun Babajide +5 more
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Congenital Toxoplasmosis: The State of the Art
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii occurs worldwide and usually causes no symptoms. However, a primary infection of pregnant women, may infect the fetus by transplacental transmission. The risk of mother-to-child transmission depends
Lina Bollani +7 more
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Expression of collagen type IV in human kidney during prenatal development [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2022 Background/Aim. Type IV collagen belongs to the group of nonfibrillar collagens and is an important component of the basement membranes, where it accounts for approximately 50% of its structural elements.
Petrović Vladimir +5 more
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Fetus in fetu in the back [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2012 An 11-year-old girl was hospitalised because of a large mass in her back (figure 1). She was the second child in her family where there was neither twin pregnancy nor fetal malformation. The large mass has two parts where the upper part consists of a mammary gland and an attached upper limb including a scapular, humerus and two fingers, and where the ...
Baogan, Peng, Duanming, Li
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2023 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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Invasive Candida Infections in Neonates after Major Surgery: Current Evidence and New Directions
Pathogens, 2021 Infections represent a serious health problem in neonates. Invasive Candida infections (ICIs) are still a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Domenico Umberto De Rose +21 more
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Hepcidin and iron homeostasis during pregnancy. [PDF]
, 2014 Hepcidin is the master regulator of systemic iron bioavailability in humans. This review examines primary research articles that assessed hepcidin during pregnancy and postpartum and report its relationship to maternal and infant iron status and birth ...
Cadwell, Brooke +4 more
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Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Practical Tips
Pathogens, 2021 The recent viral pandemic in Wuhan, Hubei, China has led to the identification of a new species of beta-coronavirus, able to infect humans, the 2019-nCoV, later named SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 causes a clinical syndrome named COVID-19, which presents with a
Cinzia Auriti +5 more
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Time domain computational modelling of 1D arterial networks in monochorionic placentas [PDF]
, 2003 Published ...
Cockburn +13 more
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Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2012 A rare case of thoracic fetus in fetu is reported. Complete excision was curative.
Ramesh K Reddy +6 more
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