Introduction: Zinc deficiency is very much prevalent among pregnant women in developing countries. Zinc is required to maintain normal structure and function of multiple enzymes including those that are involved in foetal growth.
Nishu Gupta +3 more
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Perceived stress and emotional social support among women who are denied or receive abortions in the United States: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]
BackgroundExamining women's stress and social support following denial and receipt of abortion furthers understanding of the effects of unwanted childbearing and abortion on women's well-being.
Biggs, M Antonia +4 more
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A possible new approach in the prediction of late gestational hypertension: The role of the fetal aortic intima-media thickness [PDF]
The aim was to determine the predictive role of combined screening for late-onset gestational hypertension by fetal ultrasound measurements, third trimester uterine arteries (UtAs) Doppler imaging, and maternal history.
Camerin, Martina +4 more
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Uterine Gangrene and Mechanical Intestinal Obstruction in a Teenager Following Unsafe Abortion [PDF]
Unsafe abortion often leads to complications since it is carried out by untrained persons in an unsafe environment. The most common complications are anaemia, bowel injury, bladder injury, uterine perforation, and sepsis.
Anthony Jude Edeh +4 more
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Ocular Refraction at Birth and Its Development During the First Year of Life in a Large Cohort of Babies in a Single Center in Northern Italy [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to investigate refraction at birth and during the first year of life in a large cohort of babies born in a single center in Northern Italy.
Bartollino S. +7 more
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Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country. [PDF]
Consanguinity, the marriage between relatives, has been associated with adverse child health outcomes because it increases homozygosity of recessive alleles.
Kanaan, Mona +7 more
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The Effect of Cognitive-Behavioural Counselling on Pregnant Women’s Weight Gain during Pregnancy: A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]
Introduction: Weight gain during pregnancy has a close relationship with fetomaternal health. An increase in BMI is associated with the risk of premature rupture of membrane, placental abruption and stillbirth.
Mahnaz Farhodimoghadam +3 more
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QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: Optimal oxygen saturation (SpO2) targets for extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs, gestational age [GA]
Anja Hergenhan +2 more
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Gestational age and learning disabilities [PDF]
This commentary is on the systematic review by Kovachy et al. on pages 410–419 of this issue.
Tracy Packiam, Alloway, John, Horton
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Prediction of small-for-gestational age by fetal growth rate according to gestational age.
BackgroundSmall-for-gestational age (SGA) infants should be identified before birth because of an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of fetal growth rate by gestational age on the prediction
Min-A Kim, Gwan Hee Han, Young-Han Kim
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