THE PROFILE OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IN RELATION TO COILING INDEX OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Background: Fetal blood flow through the umbilical cord vessels associated with abnormal coiling of the cord can have serious deleterious effects on the health of the fetus and newborn.
Hiba A. Abdul Sattar, Hayder J. Mubarak
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Association of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children With Preterm Birth and Infant Mortality. [PDF]
, 2019 Importance:Nearly 4 in 10 expectant mothers in the United States received Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits during pregnancy between 2011 and 2017.
Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram, Soneji, Samir
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Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and timing of puberty in sons and daughters: a population-based cohort study. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundIn many countries, an increased prevalence of obesity in pregnancy has coincided with a declining pubertal age. We aimed to explore the potential effect of maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity on timing of puberty in sons and daughters.
Arah, Onyebuchi A +7 more
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Phytohaemagglutinin on maternal and umbilical leukocytes [PDF]
, 1965 Almost all the umbilical lymphocytes showed more extensive blast cell formation than that of their mother's lymphocytes with PHA. Pathological conditions of mother in pregnancy and labor such as anemia, gestational toxicosis, difficult labor and asphyxia
Hamamoto, E. +4 more
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Sonographic Evaluation of the Renal Volume in Normal Pregnancy at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2012 Introduction: The renal system is affected by the changes that occur in pregnancy, with the renal volume being one of the most important changes that occur.
Enighe W. Ugboma +3 more
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Glucose inhibits cardiac muscle maturation through nucleotide biosynthesis. [PDF]
, 2017 The heart switches its energy substrate from glucose to fatty acids at birth, and maternal hyperglycemia is associated with congenital heart disease. However, little is known about how blood glucose impacts heart formation.
Braas, Daniel +21 more
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Reappraisal of Normal Amniotic Fluid Index in an Asian Population: Analysis of 27,088 Records
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007 Objective: Amniotic fluid index (AFI) is a very useful index for assessing fetal well-being. In 1998, a study of AFI in mainland China showed that AFI values in normal pregnancies were less than those in Western populations.
Szu-Ching Lu +3 more
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Decidual Macrophages Are Significantly Increased in Spontaneous Miscarriages and Over-Express FasL [PDF]
, 2012 Decidual macrophages (DM) are the second most abundant population in the fetal-maternal interface. Their role has been so far identified as being local immuno-modulators favoring the maternal tolerance to the fetus.
Angioni +41 more
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Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2018 Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of serum concentration of magnesium (Mg) in the first trimester of pregnancy for predicting pre-eclampsia (PE).
Velibor Čabarkapa +6 more
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Newborn birth weight in normal pregnancy in rural Telangana
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2017 Introduction: Newborn birth weight is a major indicator of health. Although it is influenced by many conditions that affect maternal and feto-placental units, several sociocultural, religious, and geographical factors cannot be ignored. Considering this,
Basanta M Hota, Naimisha Movva
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