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Barriers, motivators and facilitators related to prenatal care utilization among inner-city women in Winnipeg, Canada: a case–control study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The reasons why women do not obtain prenatal care even when it is available and accessible are complex. Despite Canada’s universally funded health care system, use of prenatal care varies widely across neighborhoods in Winnipeg, Manitoba ...
Heaman, Maureen I., Sword, Wendy, Moffatt, Michael, Tjaden, Lynda, Helewa, Michael E., Gregory, Patricia, Cook, Catherine, Morris, Heather, Elliott, Lawrence   +8 more
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Prenatal Evaluation of RNU4‐2 Variants in Fetuses With Central Nervous System Anomalies

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fetal central nervous system (CNS) anomalies are among the most common congenital malformations, yet the overall prenatal diagnostic yield of current genetic testing remains below 40%. Variants in RNU4‐2, a non‐coding gene encoding the U4 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), have recently been linked to a novel highly recurrent dominant ...
Yiyao Chen, Li Gao, Xu Han, Yunyun Cao, Lanlan Zhang, Yi Wu, Xinrong Zhao, Wenjing Hu, Ruiyu Ma, Renyi Hua, Niu Li, Yanlin Wang, Jian Wang, Shuyuan Li   +13 more
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Optical Genome Mapping for Chromosomal Aberrations Detection—False-Negative Results and Contributing Factors

Diagnostics
Optical genome mapping (OGM) has been known as an all-in-one technology for chromosomal aberration detection. However, there are also aberrations beyond the detection range of OGM.
Yiyun Xu, Qinxin Zhang, Yan Wang, Ran Zhou, Xiuqing Ji, Lulu Meng, Chunyu Luo, An Liu, Jiao Jiao, Hao Chen, Huasha Zeng, Ping Hu, Zhengfeng Xu   +12 more
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A multicenter study of fetal chromosomal abnormalities in Chinese women of advanced maternal age

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
Objective: This study aimed to determine the rates of different fetal chromosomal abnormalities among women of advanced maternal age in China and to discuss the possible misdiagnosis risks of newer molecular techniques, for selection of appropriate ...
Yuning Zhu, Shiming Lu, Xuming Bian, He Wang, Baosheng Zhu, Hua Wang, Zhengfeng Xu, Liangpu Xu, Weihua Yan, Yan Zeng, Zhiyang Chen, Shaohua Tang, Guosong Shen, Zhengyou Miao   +13 more
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Improving Breastfeeding Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Intent through a Prenatal Education Program [PDF]

, 2012
The numerous health benefits of breastfeeding have been widely acknowledged. Evidence from the literature overwhelmingly indicates that breastfeeding is the optimal form of feeding and is globally accepted as the gold standard for infant nutrition ...
Damstra, Kelli Marie, Damstra, Kelli M.
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To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women's and care providers' perspectives of quality prenatal care: a qualitative descriptive study

, 2012
Background: Much attention has been given to the adequacy of prenatal care use in promoting healthy outcomes for women and their infants. Adequacy of use takes into account the timing of initiation of prenatal care and the number of visits.
Akhtar-Danesh, N., Kingston, D., Heaman, M.I., Sword, W., Brooks, S., Tough, S., Young, D., Janssen, P.A., Helewa, M.E., Hutton, E.   +9 more
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A rhesus macaque model of α‐dystroglycanopathy caused by a POMT1 splice altering variant

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Rhesus macaques homozygous for a naturally occurring spice altering variant in the POMT1 gene develop lissencephaly, microphthalmia, and muscular contracture. The presentation models severe presentation of the human Walker‐Warburg syndrome. Abstract Background Biallelic mutations in genes associated with α‐dystroglycan glycosylation manifest in a ...
Anya Nordlund, Brian LaMendola, Nathan P. Crilly, Seth Kittle, Betsy M. Ferguson, Anne D. Lewis, Jeff Wall, Samuel M. Peterson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Morbidity and mortality after Preterm Birth [PDF]

, 2005
Annotated and edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held on 15 June 2004. Introduction by Barbara Stocking, Oxfam. First published by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2005.©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 2005.All
REYNOLDS, LA, Tansey, EM
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Molecular epidemiology and hematological thresholds for αβ-thalassemia: a retrospective cohort study in the Huizhou region of southern China

Hematology
Objectives To investigate the prevalence, hematological characteristics and optimal cutoff values for mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) in carriers with combined α- and β-thalassemia (αβ-thalassemia) in the Huizhou ...
Dina Chen, Zhiyang Guan, Shaohui Huang, Zeyan Zhong, Hailin He, Guoxing Zhong, Zhiyong Wu, Jianhong Chen   +7 more
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