Case Report: A Rare Case of a Combination of Omphalocele With Umbilical Teratoma
Omphalocele is a congenital malformation of the abdominal wall, which occurs with a frequency of 1–5,000 newborns. The prognosis of treatment often depends on the presence of concomitant malformations.
Ruslan Bilal+4 more
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Dietary supplementation with Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) in healthy breastfed infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
BackgroundThe development of probiotics as therapies to cure or prevent disease lags far behind that of other investigational medications. Rigorously designed phase I clinical trials are nearly non-existent in the field of probiotic research, which is a ...
Armstrong, April W+10 more
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Introducing Novel Surgical Clinical Correlations Into an Undergraduate Medical Anatomy Course
ABSTRACT Anatomy education is a hallmark of many preclinical medical school curricula, but students are often unable to identify the clinical relevance of anatomy and its applications. Vertical curricula that integrate clinical concepts into the preclinical basic science years and vice versa have been shown to benefit student learning and increase ...
Liam McLoughlin+5 more
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Management of giant omphalocele with intestinal perforation
Case of a male infant delivered at 36 weeks of gestational age and found to have a giant omphalocele, later complicated by intestinal perforation. A giant omphalocele is an omphalocele with an opening greater than 5 cm in diameter and containing the ...
Ritah Chumdermpadetsuk+2 more
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Prenatal ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies and outcomes in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection : a retrospective study [PDF]
Objective: To assess the prevalence of prenatal screening and of adverse outcome in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection. Study design: The prevalence of prenatal screening in 330 pregnancies of HIV-positive women attending the ...
Buxmann, Horst+6 more
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Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons+17 more
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Genetic analysis of Hedgehog signaling in ventral body wall development and the onset of omphalocele formation. [PDF]
An omphalocele is one of the major ventral body wall malformations and is characterized by abnormally herniated viscera from the body trunk. It has been frequently found to be associated with other structural malformations, such as genitourinary ...
Daisuke Matsumaru+6 more
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Abstract Background Infants with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are at risk for parenteral nutrition–associated cholestasis. A multioil intravenous lipid emulsion (MO ILE) contains less phytosterols and more arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) than 100% soybean oil lipid emulsion (SO ILE).
Lauren J. Lee+3 more
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Superior vesical fissure concealed by giant omphalocele: A case report
Omphalocele is an abdominal wall defect characterized by exteriorization of abdominal viscera that is covered by a membrane. Omphalocele has a well-known association with chromosome abnormalities. Here we present a case of a superior vesical fissure (SVF)
Danial Hayek+4 more
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Omphalocele and Cardiac Abnormalities—The Importance of the Association
Omphalocele is the most common ventral abdominal wall defect. Omphalocele is associated with other significant anomalies in up to 80% of cases, among which the cardiac ones are the most frequent.
Elena Țarcă+10 more
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