Malaria in pregnancy is one of the major causes of maternal morbidity worldwide, and leads to poor birth outcomes. There is a complex interaction between pregnancy and parasite-all favour the parasite and disadvantage the pregnant woman.
Jesus R. Alvarez +6 more
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The efficacy of vaginal clindamycin for the treatment of abnormal genital tract flora in pregnancy. [PDF]
To assess the efficacy of 2% clindamycin vaginal cream (CVC) to treat bacterial vaginosis (BV) in ...
Sheehan, M +4 more
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Maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy and placenta weight: evidence from a national cohort study [PDF]
To study in a large-scale cohort with prospective data the associations between psychosocial stress during pregnancy and placenta weight at birth. Animal data suggest that the placenta is involved in stress-related fetal programming.; We defined a priori
Andrea H Meyer +16 more
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Weight gain and dietary intake during pregnancy in industrialized countries - a systematic review of observational studies [PDF]
Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) above the recently recommended ranges is likely to be related to adverse pregnancy outcomes and therefore a challenge in industrialized countries.
Ina Streuling +9 more
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Zinc Supplementation during Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Zinc deficiency during pregnancy has been related to adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the results of zinc-supplementation trials have not been consistent in improvement of pregnancies outcomes.
مهاجری, منوچهر +5 more
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Extensive Pulmonary Embolism in late pregnancy associated with Anticardiolipin Antibodies [PDF]
The leading cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and the puerperium is venous thromboembolism. Though uncommon, the risk is five times higher in a pregnant woman than in a non-pregnant woman of similar age.1,2 In pregnancy, all three ...
Brincat, Mark P. +5 more
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Light drinking in pregnancy, a risk for behavioural problems and cognitive deficits at 3 years of age? [PDF]
Background The objective of this study was to determine whether there was an association between mothers’ light drinking during pregnancy and risk of behavioural problems, and cognitive deficits in their children at age 3 years.
Kelly, Y +13 more
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Endometriosis and pregnancy outcome [PDF]
Koninckx, Philippe R. +2 more
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Malaria in pregnancy: the difficulties in measuring birthweight
Recommendations for interventions to control malaria in pregnancy are often based on studies using birthweight as the primary endpoint. Differences in birthweight may be attributable partly to methodological difficulties. We performed a structured search
F Nosten +22 more
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Adverse pregnancy outcome and connective tissue disease: why is there a link?
It has been known for many years that there are risks associated with pregnancy for women with a range of established connective tissue diseases (CTD), especially systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These risks can have to do with the disease itself, the
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