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Childhood Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Mercurial Skin Lightening Agents. Literature Review

International Journal of Medical Students, 2022
Children's exposure to mercurial skin lightening agents at any time during their development, from intra-uterine to early developmental life, can lead to severe detrimental health effects.
Rebecca Murerwa, Fidel Gwala, Thomas Amuti, Mary Muange   +3 more
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Prenatal tobacco exposure is related to neurobehavioral modifications in infants of adolescent mothers

Clinics, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Prenatal tobacco exposure interferes with neonatal outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To determine the neonatal neurobehavioral effects of in utero tobacco exposure.
Marina C. M. Barros, Sandro S Mitsuhiro, Elisa Chalem, Ronaldo R Laranjeira, Ruth Guinsburg   +4 more
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Long-term prenatal stress increases susceptibility of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid-induced spasms in infant rats [PDF]

Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
PurposeInfantile spasms, also known as West syndrome, is an age-specific epileptic seizure. Most patients with this condition also exhibit delayed development.
Hyeok Hee Kwon, Taekwan Lee, Jinpyo Hong, Dong Woon Kim, Joon Won Kang   +4 more
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Exposure to hexavalent chromium causes infertility by disrupting cytoskeletal machinery and mitochondrial function of the metaphase II oocytes in superovulated rats

Toxicology Reports, 2022
Previous studies from our laboratory showed that prenatal exposure to hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), caused premature ovarian failure and decreased pregnancy rates and litter size.
Liga Wuri, Joe A. Arosh, John Z. Wu, Sakhila K. Banu   +3 more
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A Scoping Review of the Relationship Between Maternal BMI and Offspring Incidence of Respiratory Infection: Where Do We Go From Here?

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Pregnancy complications, including high maternal BMI, are associated with altered early development and child health outcomes. A growing body of work links the prenatal environment, specifically maternal BMI, with respiratory infections in ...
Anastasia V. Warmington, RN, MSc, Dawn M.E. Bowdish, PhD, Diana Sherifali, RN, PhD, CDE, Deborah M. Sloboda, PhD   +3 more
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Prenatal and postnatal insecticide use and infant neuropsychological development in a multicenter birth cohort study

Environment International, 2013
There is little evidence about exposure to currently used insecticides during early life periods and adverse effects on child neuropsychological development.
Sabrina Llop, Jordi Julvez, Ana Fernandez-Somoano, Loreto Santa Marina, Esther Vizcaino, Carmen Iñiguez, Nerea Lertxundi, Mireia Gascón, Marisa Rebagliato, Ferran Ballester   +9 more
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Differential effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on brain growth reveals early upregulation of cell cycle and apoptosis and delayed downregulation of metabolism in affected offspring

PLOS ONE
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) encompasses the deleterious consequences of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE), including developmental delay, microcephaly, dysmorphologies, and cognitive and behavioral issues. The dose and timing of alcohol exposure, maternal and environmental factors, and genetics all impact FASD outcomes, but differential ...
Danielle Sambo, Ethan Kinstler, Yuhong Lin, David Goldman   +3 more
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Perinatal factors and breast cancer risk among Hispanics

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019
Purpose: This study assessed whether perinatal factors were associated with breast cancer among Hispanics, a group with fairly low incidence rates of breast cancer.
Maureen Sanderson, Adriana Pérez, Mirabel L. Weriwoh, Leah R. Alexander, Gerson Peltz, Vincent Agboto, Heather O’Hara, Waseem Khoder   +7 more
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Examining the Association of Socioeconomic Position with Microcephaly and Delayed Childhood Neurodevelopment among Children with Prenatal Zika Virus Exposure

Viruses, 2020
Increased rates of Zika virus have been identified in economically deprived areas in Brazil at the population level; yet, the implications of the interaction between socioeconomic position and prenatal Zika virus exposure on adverse neurodevelopmental ...
Grace M. Power, Suzanna C. Francis, Nuria Sanchez Clemente, Zilton Vasconcelos, Patricia Brasil, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Maria E. Moreira   +7 more
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Prenatal exposure to oral glucocorticoids and risk of long-term neurodevelopmental disorders

Scientific Reports
We investigated whether prenatal exposure to oral glucocorticoids (GCs) is associated with long-term neurodevelopmental disorders (LNDDs) in offspring.
Tak Kyu Oh, In-Ae Song
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