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Autism and mild epilepsy associated with a de novo missense pathogenic variant in the GTPase effector domain of DNM1

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Dynamin 1 is a GTPase protein involved in synaptic vesicle fission, which facilitates the exocytosis of neurotransmitters necessary for normal signaling. Pathogenic variants in the DNM1 gene are associated with intractable epilepsy, often manifested as infantile spasms at onset, developmental delay, and a movement disorder, and are located in ...
Davide Mei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adolescent Reproductive Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs and Future Fatherhood. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
PurposeWith a growing focus on the importance of men's reproductive health, including preconception health, the ways in which young men's knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) predict their reproductive paths are understudied.
Adam, Emma K   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Dilemmas and management of a pregnant 10-year-old sexual assault victim

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023
There has been a dramatic increase in very young adolescent pregnancies in recent years, with pregnancies documented in children as young as 10 years old, likely from sexual abuse. This article presents a 10-year-old female who initially consulted at the
Pamela Grace V. Valera-Defensor   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early infant feeding and adiposity risk: from infancy to adulthood [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction: Systematic reviews suggest that a longer duration of breast-feeding is associated with a reduction in the risk of later overweight and obesity.
Beilin, L J   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Timing of poverty in childhood and adolescent health: Evidence from the US and UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Childhood poverty is associated with poorer adolescent health and health behaviours, but the importance of the timing of poverty remains unclear.
Crosnoe, Robert   +4 more
core   +1 more source

PREGNANCY PLANNING IN ADOLESCENCE

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2019
Objective: to analyze the pregnancy planning of adolescents according to the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) classification. Method: a case-control study was carried out with 86 pregnant adolescents (cases) and 86 young pregnant women with ...
Marielle Jeani Prasnievski da Silva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teenage pregnancy and the construction of adolescence : scientific literature in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The depiction of teenage pregnancy as a social problem relies on the assumption of adolescence as a separable stage of development. Utilising a Derridian framework, I analyse how the dominant construction of adolescence as a transitional stage: (1) acts ...
Macleod, Catriona
core   +2 more sources

Young mothers in care, contributing to the contemporary debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Teenage pregnancy has become a broad issue in contemporary society and has become a focus for concern for young women in or exiting the care system. The article draws on interviews with twenty-four young mothers in, or on the fringes of the care system ...
Aldgate J.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Repeat pregnancy during adolescence and educational level in Brazil.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Repeat pregnancy among adolescents is associated with preexisting disadvantages related to the adolescent’s social and cultural background.
Juliana Domenico   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social predictors of repeat adolescent pregnancy and focussed strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article begins with an overview of teenage pregnancy within a social context. Data are then presented on conceptions and repeat conceptions in teenagers. Social predictors of repeat teenage pregnancy are grouped according to social ecological theory.
Rowlands, Sam
core   +1 more source

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