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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trisomy 13 (T13) and trisomy 18 (T18) have historically been described as “lethal” or “incompatible with life,” contributing to diagnosis‐based limitations of care. Contemporary evidence demonstrates greater heterogeneity in survival and outcomes than previously recognized, including among selected children receiving intensive care or cardiac ...
H. L. Malherbe +9 more
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From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes [PDF]
Lower birth weight babies have worse outcomes, both short-run in terms of one year mortality rates and longer run in terms of educational attainment and earnings.However, recent research has called into question whether birth weight itself is important ...
Sandra E. Black +2 more
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Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health [PDF]
We estimate the effect of illicit drug use during pregnancy on low birth weight. We use data from a national longitudinal study of urban parents that includes post-partum interviews with mothers, hospital medical record data on the mother and newborn ...
Dhaval Dave +3 more
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Biallelic PAX6 Variants in an Adult With Severe Microphthalmia and Preserved Intellectual Function
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT PAX6 encodes a dosage‐sensitive transcription factor that is essential for eye development. Heterozygous PAX6 disease is well characterized, but biallelic disease is extremely rare and has been associated with anophthalmia, severe brain malformations, and perinatal lethality.
Karl De Geer +4 more
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Medium-term consequences of low birth weight on health and behavioral deficits – is there a catch-up effect? [PDF]
A number of studies have documented negative long term effects of low birth weight. Yet, not much is known about the dynamics of the process leading to adverse health and educational outcomes in the long-run.
Lausten, Mette +2 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Van Maldergem syndrome (VMLDS) is an ultra‐rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism, intellectual disability, hypotonia, skeletal anomalies, and feeding difficulties. It is caused by biallelic variants in DCHS1 or FAT4 genes.
Gabriela Roldão Correia‐Costa +4 more
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BMC PediatricsBackground As the increasing survival of preterm infants bearing lower gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW), new challenges have emerged regarding their management and prognosis.
Ranran Shi +5 more
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As Low Birth Weight Babies Grow, Can 'Good' Parents Buffer this Adverse Factor? A Research Note. [PDF]
This research note combines two national Taiwanese datasets to investigate the relationship between low birth weight (LBW) babies, their family background and their future academic outcomes.
Ming-Jen Lin, Jin-Tan Liu, Shin-Yi Chou
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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 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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