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Progress in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in Ukraine: results from a birth cohort study [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Ukraine was the epicentre of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe, which has the most rapidly accelerating HIV epidemic world-wide today; national HIV prevalence is currently estimated at 1.6%.
Malyuta, R, Pilipenko, T, Semenenko, I, Thorne, C, Ukraine European Collaborative Study Group, The   +4 more
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Therapeutic Environment and Premature newborns Development [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, however, the survival of preterm infants is guaranteed. Prolonged exposure to numerous sensory stimuli during early neonatal intensive care units contributes to the increased ...
Calado, Gabriela, Costa, Mónica
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Growth Standards for Children With Smith–Magenis Syndrome (SMS)

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smith–Magenis syndrome (SMS, OMIM 182290) is a complex syndromic diagnosis marked by neurobehavioral differences and distinct facial dysmorphisms, caused by haploinsufficiency of the retinoic acid‐1 (RAI1) gene either by a pathogenic sequence variant or deletion at chromosome 17p11.2 involving a portion or all of this gene.
Julie Hoover‐Fong, John McGready, Leah Fleming, Kerry Schulze, Folami Duncan, Alexis Leonard, Marie Christine de Blois Boucard, Danilo Moretti‐Ferreira, Andrea L. Gropman, Wendy J. Introne, Ann C. M. Smith   +10 more
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Late-Onset Sepsis in a Premature Infant Mediated by Breast Milk: Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Group B Streptococcus Detected by Whole-Genome Sequencing

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022
Aiyun Li,1,* Ming Fang,2,* Dongjie Hao,1 Qiaoai Wu,1 Yaqi Qian,1 Hao Xu,3,4 Bo Zhu1 1Department of Clinical Medicine, The Women’s Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of ...
Li A, Fang M, Hao D, Wu Q, Qian Y, Xu H, Zhu B   +6 more
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Ambient Air Toxic Releases and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania [PDF]

, 2009
Previous studies have shown that women exposed to certain air pollutants are at an increased risk for preterm delivery and/or delivering a low birth weight newborn. Preterm delivery and low birth weight are associated with an increased risk for morbidity
Carman, April E
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The burden of premature mortality in Poland analysed with the use of standard expected years of life lost [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Despite positive changes in the health of the population of Poland, compared to the EU average, the average life expectancy in 2011 was 5 years shorter for males and 2.2 years shorter for females.
Bryła, Marek, Bryła, Paweł, Maniecka-Bryła, Irena, Pikala, Małgorzata   +3 more
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Mortality Patterns and Phenotypic Clusters in Trisomy 13: A Population‐Based Study From Japan

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trisomy 13, the third most common autosomal trisomy after trisomy 21 and trisomy 18, is associated with a significantly high infant mortality rate. However, large‐scale studies examining causes of death in trisomy 13 remain scarce. Therefore, we aimed to better understand the mortality patterns.
Narumi Kato, Naho Morisaki, Akinori Moriichi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nance‐Horan Syndrome: Further Delineation of the Affected Male and the Female Carrier Phenotypes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nance‐Horan syndrome (NHS; OMIM 302350) is a rare, X‐linked syndrome characterized by bilateral congenital cataracts leading to profound vision loss, specific dental anomalies including characteristic screwdriver blade‐shaped incisors, facial anomalies, and intellectual disability.
Maria K. Haanpää, Chad R. Haldeman‐Englert, Marja Hietala, Melisa S. Tanverdi, Patrick P. Koty, Diana Brightman, Eniolami Dosunmu, Shailja Tibrewal, Savleen Kaur, Anupriya Kaur, Raj Kumar Verma, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes, Virginia Utz, Anne M. Slavotinek, Cynthia Curry   +14 more
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Variant Update on ASCC1: Characterization of the First Homozygous Missense Variant Involved in Prenatal‐Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy With Congenital Bone Fractures 2

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spinal muscular atrophy with congenital bone fractures 2 is a rare and severe autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by pathogenic variants in ASCC1. This condition characterized by prenatal onset of severe hypotonia with fetal hypokinesia and congenital contractures results in arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, and increased ...
A. Civit, L. Kerbellec, D. Laurenceau, D. C. Ung, M. P. Moizard, N. Ronce, P. Gueguen, F. Laumonnier, A. C. Bréhin, F. Marguet, A. Laquerrière, A. M. Bergemer Fouquet, J. Cirier, S. Blesson, S. Arpin, M. Jeanne, M. L. Vuillaume   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in UK Children <1 Year of Age in the Post-13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era: What Are the Risks Now?

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has declined significantly since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs). It is not known whether certain infant populations remain at higher risk of IPD in countries with established 13 ...
A. Kent, A. Makwana, C. Sheppard, S. Collins, N. Fry, P. Heath, M. Ramsay, S. Ladhani   +7 more
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