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Re-examining the Effects of Medicaid Expansions for Pregnant Women [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effect of Medicaid eligibility expansions on the health insurance coverage of women giving birth and on the use of prenatal care and infant health, controlling for year and state effects and state-specific trends that may be ...
Kosali I. Simon +3 more
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Assessment of Growth in Cardio‐Facio‐Cutaneous Syndrome
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cardio‐facio‐cutaneous (CFC) syndrome is a rare, multiple congenital anomaly disorder in which individuals commonly experience faltering growth; however, systematic analysis of growth parameters in this disorder has not been performed. We recruited 69 participants with CFC through CFC International and collected data on assessing height ...
Kari Johnston +6 more
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Retrospective cohort study of the association between maternal employment precarity and infant low birth weight in women in the USA. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2020 Patil D +4 more
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Stress and birth outcomes: evidence from terrorist attacks in Colombia [PDF]
This paper estimates the impact of random terrorist attacks (landmines) in Colombia onthe health of babies born between 1998 and 2003. The results suggest that these types of terrorist activities that occur during a woman´s first trimester of pregnancy ...
Adriana Camacho
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Explaining differences in birth size and adiposity between Pakistani and White British babies [PDF]
, 2011 There is a growing recognition that being born 'small is associated with an increased risk of poorer adult cardiometabolic health in addition to its known adverse effects on perinatal and infant outcomes.
West, Jane
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Evidence on developmental milestones in children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) under the age of five is scarce. This multisite cross‐sectional study described developmental status and examined factors associated with milestone attainment in 143 children aged 0–66 months from a pediatric AMC Registry.
Ahlam Zidan +13 more
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Birth Weight and the Dynamics of Early Cognitive and Behavioural Development [PDF]
In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the endogeneity of birth weight we use an estimator based on the eliminant method ...
Del Bono, Emilia, Ermisch, John
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) is defined as the presence of joint contractures affecting at least two body regions at birth. Three different ERGIC1 variants have been reported in individuals with AMC. Here, we report on a 16‐year‐old male with a homozygous ERGIC1 c.250+1G>A variant that was classified as a variant of uncertain ...
Lauren Kerr +7 more
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Prenatal Evaluation of RNU4‐2 Variants in Fetuses With Central Nervous System Anomalies
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fetal central nervous system (CNS) anomalies are among the most common congenital malformations, yet the overall prenatal diagnostic yield of current genetic testing remains below 40%. Variants in RNU4‐2, a non‐coding gene encoding the U4 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), have recently been linked to a novel highly recurrent dominant ...
Yiyao Chen +13 more
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Relationships between cord blood leptin and ghrelin levels, milk intake and weight gain in human infants [PDF]
, 2003 Leptin and ghrelin are hormones involved in the regulation of appetite and adiposity. Leptin suppresses appetite and induces weight loss; ghrelin stimulates appetite and promotes weight gain.
James, Rachel J. A., James, Rachel J A
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