Prenatal ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies and outcomes in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection : a retrospective study [PDF]
, 2013 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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Clinical Psychology Review, 1998 This paper describes the psychological and psychosocial aspects of prenatal care, which are believed to be of particular importance for medical/psychological practice. The emotional changes that "normally" take place during pregnancy are surveyed and evidence is provided linking these changes with potential adverse effect on pregnancy and labour.
Dragonas, T., Christodoulou, G.N.
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Defending biomedical authority and regulating the womb as social space. Prenatal testing in the Polish press [PDF]
, 2010 The issue of abortion has been the topic of heated and frequent debate in post-Communist Poland. Parliamentary debate in 1998—9 centred around a legislative attempt to restrict prenatal testing, specifically amniocentesis, in order to further reduce the ...
Kramer, Anne-Marie Caroline
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Performance of non-invasive prenatal testing for trisomies 21 and 18 in twin pregnancies
Molecular Cytogenetics, 2018 Background Cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma represents a source of fetal genetic material that can be sampled noninvasively. There are ample studies confirming the accuracy of NIPT in singleton pregnancies, but there is still relatively little ...
Jiexia Yang +9 more
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Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthoses (DEFO) for Managing Pain, Functional Capacity, and Quality of Life during Prenatal and Postnatal Care: A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2019 Conservative interventions for addressing prenatal and postnatal ailments have been described in the research literature. Research results indicated that maternity support belts assist with reducing pain and other symptoms in these phases; however ...
Hing, Wayne A +3 more
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Molecular Cytogenetics, 2020 Background Small subchromosomal deletions and duplications caused by copy number variants (CNVs) can now be detected with noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) technology.
Yiming Qi +6 more
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Sonographic measure techniques of fetal penile length [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2020 Postnatal penile length is a reliable, standardized, and widely used marker for the diagnosis of genitourinary pathology, as well as genetic and hormonal disorders.
Álvaro López Soto +5 more
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Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 6q25.3-qter and monosomy 10q26.12-qter by array CGH in a fetus with an apparently normal karyotype. [PDF]
, 2014 We present the prenatal case of a 12.5-Mb duplication involving 6q25-qter and a 12.2-Mb deletion encompassing 10q26-qter diagnosed by aCGH, while conventional karyotype showed normal results.
Marinescu, Ponnila S +4 more
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Journal of Diabetes Research, 2021 Background. Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk to the woman and to the developing fetus. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal management strategies for the follow-up and the timing of delivery of pregnancies affected by
Maddalena Morlando +9 more
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Gestational weight gain and group prenatal care: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Background Group visits for chronic medical conditions in non-pregnant populations have demonstrated successful outcomes including greater weight loss compared to individual visits for weight management.
AA Mamun +51 more
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