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“It’s something that marks you”: Abortion stigma after decriminalization in Uruguay

Reproductive Health, 2018
Background Abortion stigma is experienced by women seeking abortion services and by abortion providers in a range of legal contexts, including Uruguay, where abortion was decriminalized up to 12 weeks gestation in 2012.
Roosbelinda Cárdenas, Ana Labandera, Sarah E. Baum, Fernanda Chiribao, Ivana Leus, Silvia Avondet, Jennifer Friedman   +6 more
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Whole exome sequencing identified a rare WT1 loss‐of‐function variant in a non‐syndromic POI patient

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2022
Background Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a highly heterogeneous disease, and up to 25% of cases can be explained by genetic causes. The transcription factor WT1 has long been reported to play a crucial role in ovary function.
Yingchen Wang, Qing Chen, Feng Zhang, Xi Yang, Lingyue Shang, Shuting Ren, Yuncheng Pan, Zixue Zhou, Guoqing Li, Yunzheng Fang, Li Jin, Yanhua Wu, Xiaojin Zhang   +12 more
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Puberty timing associated with obesity and central obesity in Chinese Han girls

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background There is growing scientific evidence supports a link between increased childhood adiposity and early onset of puberty in girls worldwide in recent decades. However, the data from Chinese girls remain ambiguous.
Qiguo Lian, Yanyan Mao, Shan Luo, Shucheng Zhang, Xiaowen Tu, Xiayun Zuo, Chaohua Lou, Weijin Zhou   +7 more
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Attitudes towards Parenthood and Fertility Awareness in Female and Male University Students in South Korea [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2020
Purpose This study investigated intentions and attitudes towards future parenthood and awareness of fertility among university students in South Korea.
Hyewon Shin, Jungmin Lee, Shin Jeong Kim, Minjeong Jo   +3 more
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Association of the peripheral blood levels of circulating microRNAs with both recurrent miscarriage and the outcomes of embryo transfer in an in vitro fertilization process

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Background Implantation failure is not only a major cause of early pregnancy loss, but it is also an obstacle to assisted reproductive technologies. The identification of potential circulating biomarkers for recurrent miscarriage (RM) and/or recurrent ...
Qian Yang, Wen-Wen Gu, Yan Gu, Na-Na Yan, Yan-Yan Mao, Xing-Xing Zhen, Jian-Mei Wang, Jing Yang, Hui-Juan Shi, Xuan Zhang, Jian Wang   +10 more
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Predictors of irrational parenthood cognitions in an Iranian group of infertile women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The aim of this study was to investigate possible predictors of irrational parenthood cognitions among infertile women seeking treatment.In a cross-sectional study, 300 women who visited an Infertility Center in Iran during 2010 were studied.
Laya Farzadi, Aliyeh Ghasemzadeh, Zahra Bahrami-Asl, Hossein Shirdel   +3 more
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Modern parenthood: new research approaches

Современная зарубежная психология, 2022
The article is a review of modern foreign psychological and sociological studies of parenthood, the relevance of which is associated with those significant changes that have occurred in recent decades in the conditions of parenthood and in the
I.V. Shapovalenko
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Do family-planning workers in China support provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the perspectives of family-planning service providers in eight sites in China on the provision of sexual and reproductive health services to unmarried young people.
Xiaowen Tu, Nian Cui, Chaohua Lou, Ersheng Gao   +3 more
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Short-term acceptability of the Woman’s Condom and influencing factors among internal migrants in China

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background The Woman’s Condom, a newly designed condom for women, has obtained market approval in China, but it remains relatively unfamiliar to the migrant population.
Junqing Wu, Junguo Zhang, Yuyan Li, Jinming Yang, Ying Zhou, Yiran Li, Shuangfei Xu, Rui Zhao   +7 more
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Pharmacological activation of rev-erbα suppresses LPS-induced macrophage M1 polarization and prevents pregnancy loss

BMC Immunology, 2021
Background Circadian rhythm is an important player for reproduction. Rev-erbα, a significant clock gene, is involved in regulating cell differentiation, inflammation and metabolism.
Liyuan Cui, Feng Xu, Songcun Wang, Xinyi Li, Haiyan Lin, Yan Ding, Meirong Du   +6 more
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