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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P., Dattani, N., Macfarlane, A. J.   +2 more
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The Case of a 28‐Year‐Old Woman With Medically Refractory Focal Epilepsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 28‐year‐old right‐handed woman with medically refractory focal epilepsy. Her seizure semiology and electroencephalography (EEG) indicated a seizure onset zone in the right central‐parietal area. However, both MRI and PET scans were unremarkable, showing no focal lesions or areas of altered metabolism.
Rishi Sharma, Ilo Leppik, Thomas Henry, Thaddeus Walczak, Sima Patel, Robert McGovern   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A retrospective analysis of variations in antenatal care initiation in an ethnically diverse maternal population in the UK with high levels of area deprivation [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Research has indicated differential utilisation of antenatal care among ethnic minority mothers in the UK.  However, links between ethnicity, area deprivation and the timing of antenatal care initiation remain poorly understood.
Li, Leah, Puthusserry, Thomas, Puthussery, Shuby, Tseng, Pei-Ching   +3 more
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Exploratory Analysis of ELP1 Expression in Whole Blood From Patients With Familial Dysautonomia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a hereditary neurodevelopmental disorder caused by aberrant splicing of the ELP1 gene, leading to a tissue‐specific reduction in ELP1 protein expression. Preclinical models indicate that increasing ELP1 levels can mitigate disease manifestations.
Alejandra González‐Duarte, Lucy Norcliffe‐Kaufmann, Maria Luisa Cotrina, Zenith Khan, Kaia Dalamo, Patricio Millar Vernetti, Matthew Lawless, Elisabetta Morini, Monica Salani, Marla Weetall, Jana Narasimhan, Agostino G. Rocha, Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, Horacio Kaufmann   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wrongful Birth Claims and the Paradox of Parenting a Child with a Disability [PDF]

, 2018
“Wrongful birth” is a controversial medical malpractice claim raised by the mother of a child born with a disability against a medical professional whose failure to provide adequate prenatal information denied her the chance to abort.
Yakren, Sofia
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Chronological and Spatial Distribution of Skeletal Muscle Fat Replacement in FHL1‐Related Myopathies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Variants in the FHL1 gene cause FHL1‐related myopathies (FHL1‐RMs), a group of neuromuscular disorders with diverse clinical presentations. This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the spatial and temporal patterns of skeletal muscle fat replacement throughout the whole body in FHL1‐RMs, to examine disease progression over ...
Rui Shimazaki, Satoru Noguchi, Hotake Takizawa, Yasushi Oya, Yuji Takahashi, Hirofumi Komaki, Hajime Arahata, Shinichiro Hayashi, Ichizo Nishino   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Intensive Insulin Stabilisation Service in Pregnancy with Type 1 Diabetes

Reproductive Medicine
Background/Objectives: Adverse pregnancy outcomes correlate with blood glucose levels in women with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). There is a gap between the glycaemic targets and the blood glucose control achieved in pregnancy.
Stephanie Teasdale, Natasha Cannon, Alison Griffin, Janelle Nisbet, H. David McIntyre   +4 more
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Hyperprolactinemia diagnostics – dilemmas over optimal selection of prolactinemia time points

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015
Introduction Laboratory discrimination of pathologic hyperprolactinemia is an important step in the diagnosis of pathology influencing overall health and fertility.
Konrad Szosland, Magdalena Stasiak, Andrzej Lewiński   +2 more
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Hypospadias: clinical approach, surgical technique and long-term outcome

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital abnormalities in male newborn. There is no universal approach to hypospadias surgical repair, with more than 300 corrective procedures described in current literature.
Pier Luca Ceccarelli, Laura Lucaccioni, Francesca Poluzzi, Anastasia Bianchini, Diego Biondini, Lorenzo Iughetti, Barbara Predieri   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Employment rates higher among rural mothers than urban mothers [PDF]

, 2007
As men\u27s jobs in traditional rural industries, such as agriculture, natural resource extraction, and manufacturing disappear due to restructuring of rural labor markets, the survival of the family increasingly depends on women\u27s waged labor.
Smith, Kristin
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