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Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim +6 more
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Teen Smoking and Birth Outcomes [PDF]
In the U.S. teen mothers are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies than non-teen mothers. There is also substantial evidence that smoking is a risk factor correlated with low birth weight.
Erdal Tekin +2 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Managing long COVID in people with multiple sclerosis and related disorders (pwMSRD) is complex due to overlapping symptoms. To address evidence gaps, we evaluated long COVID susceptibility in pwMSRD versus controls and its associations with multi‐domain function and disability.
Chen Hu +15 more
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Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2018 Evidence from different screening programs indicated that the rate of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) was higher in pre-term and low-birth-weight (LBW) newborns than normal ones.
Mahin Hashemipour +5 more
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Effect of Insurance on Infant Health: A Case Study of Low-Income Women in New Jersey [PDF]
There have been relatively few evaluations of the effect of private insurance and Medicaid on infant health, and results from previous studies are inconclusive.
Nancy Reichman +2 more
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Expanding Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Limits: Biallelic SPAST Variants in Cerebral Palsy Mimics
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are rare neurodegenerative disorders marked by spasticity and lower limb weakness. The most common type, SPG4, is usually autosomal dominant and caused by SPAST gene variants, typically presenting as pure HSP.
Gregorio A. Nolasco +18 more
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Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2015 Aims and Objectives: Estimation of changes in C-reactive protein (CRP) level and pregnancy outcome after nonsurgical supportive periodontal therapy in pregnant women affected with Periodontitis. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 pregnant females with
Mayur S Khairnar +3 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Alexander disease (AxD) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder caused by gain‐of‐function mutations in the gene for GFAP, which lead to protein aggregation and a primary astrocytopathy. Symptoms vary, but failure to thrive (FTT) and frequent emesis are common and cause significant morbidity. Here we investigate GDF15, a member of the
Tracy L. Hagemann +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Risk factors for low birth weight
Archivo Médico de Camagüey, 2020 Background: low birth weight is a world health problem with serious repercussions. Objective: to characterize the risk factors of low birth weight and preterm birth.
Pedro Pablo Quintero-Paredes
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Low birth weight and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Background Different primary studies in Ethiopia showed the burden of low birth weight. However, variation among those studies was seen. This study was aimed to estimate the national prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight in Ethiopia ...
Aklilu Endalamaw +4 more
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