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Medical and Mental Health Implications of Gestational Surrogacy and Trends in State Regulations on Compensated Gestational Surrogacy: A Report Submitted to the New York State Legislature

, 2020
As the New York State legislature considers legalizing compensated gestational surrogacy this legislative session, this report provides insight into (1) the impact of surrogacy on the medical and mental health of women who become surrogates and the ...
Kalantry, Sital, Petrini, Allison, Spandorfer, Steven   +2 more
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Clinical features of infertile men carrying a chromosome 9 translocation

Open Medicine, 2019
Previous studies indicated that chromosome 9 translocations are involved in reduced male fertility and increased chance of miscarriage in the female partner.
Wang Ruixue, Yu Yang, Wang Qiyuan, Jiang Yuting, Li Linlin, Zhu Haibo, Liu Ruizhi, Zhang Hongguo   +7 more
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The prevalence of SMN gene deletion/duplication in spinal muscular atrophy families referred to neuro-genetic centers of Mashhad, Iran

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of motor neuron diseases. In 95% of SMA patients, the telomeric copy of the SMN gene (SMN1) is homozygously deleted.
Mohammad Shariati, Alireza Davoudi, Reza Boostani, Farah Ashrafzadeh, Mehran Beiraghi Toosi, Nafiseh Todarbary, Javad Akhondian, Narges Hashemi, Ariane Sadr-Nabavi   +8 more
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Genetic aspects of metabolic disorders in pregnant women with pathological weight gain

Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2019
Polymorphism of the leptin receptor gene (LEPR) has been shown to be linked to obesity-related metabolic markers and phenotype. Therefore, we hypothesized that the Gln233Arg LEPR polymorphism is related to metabolic changes in pregnancy and the risk of ...
S. O. Ostafiichuk
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Association analysis of calpain 10 gene variants/haplotypes with gestational diabetes mellitus among Mexican women

, 2018
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a metabolically complex disease with major genetic determinants. GDM has been associated with insulin resistance and dysfunction of pancreatic beta cells, so the GDM candidate genes are those that encode proteins ...
Héctor Javier Villalpando-Velazco, Andres López-Quintero, Alejandra Guadalupe Garcí­a-Zapién, Anna Gabriela Castro-Martí­nez, Adriana Patricia Vázquez-Vargas, Silvia Esperanza Flores-Martí­nez, José Sánchez-Corona   +6 more
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Accounting for the Selfish State: Human Rights, Reproductive Equality, and Global Regulation of Gestational Surrogacy

, 2023
Gestational surrogacy is a relatively new method of procreation made possible by advances in assisted reproductive technology (ART). In gestational surrogacy, a woman (gestational carrier) gestates a fetus that is often biologically unrelated to her on ...
Flores, Claudia
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Risk factors of early spontaneous preterm birth despite carrying a cervical pessary in singleton pregnancies with a short cervix: Development of a risk prediction model

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X
: Introduction: We aimed to identify the incidence and risk factors of spontaneous preterm birth in pessary carriers with singleton pregnancies and a short cervix in the mid-trimester of pregnancy.
Carme Merced, Laia Pratcorona, Teresa Higueras, Mireia Vargas, Esther Del Barco, Judit Solà, Elena Carreras, Maria Goya   +7 more
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Assessment of association between the Pro12Ala polymorphism of PPAR-γ gene with the risk of obstetric complications

Zaporožskij Medicinskij Žurnal, 2019
Aim – to determine the association between Pro12Ala polymorphism of PPAR-γ gene with the risk of obstetric complications. Materials and methods. A total of 97 women with normal prepregnancy weight, singleton pregnancy, delivery at 37 weeks or more and
S. O. Ostafiichuk
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Fertil Steril [PDF]

Objective:To evaluate trends and reproductive outcomes of gestational surrogacy in the United States.Design:Retrospective cohort study.Setting:Infertility clinics.Patient(s):IVF cycles transferring at least one embryo.Intervention(s):Use of a gestational

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Maternal thrombophilia as a predictor of the onset of obstetric complications and perinatal losses in women with loss of pregnancy, depending on body weight

Репродуктивная эндокринология, 2018
The article gives a scientific and practical justification for the timely detection of maternal thrombophilia at the stage of pregnancy planning taking into account the phenotype of a woman.
Ю. М. Дука
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