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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding.
Journal of Family and Reproductive Health, 2013 Objective: To study the pregnancy outcomes in first trimester vaginal bleeding. Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was done on 60 pregnant women with first trimester vaginal bleeding referring to university hospitals affiliated to Islamic ...
Zhila Amirkhani +7 more
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Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The connective tissue support of female pelvic viscera—endopelvic fascia—has been studied in fetal and immunohistochemical models to demonstrate its relationship with the autonomic nerves of the female pelvis. Due to a paucity of literature examining the gross anatomical relationships between endopelvic fascia and autonomic nerves in adult ...
Stephen Magliocchetti +5 more
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Exploring experiences in peer mentoring as a strategy for capacity building in sexual reproductive health and HIV service integration in Kenya. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: The Integra Initiative designed, tested, and adapted protocols for peer mentorship in order to improve service providers' skills, knowledge, and capacity to provide quality integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services ...
Abuya, Timothy +10 more
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Women with epilepsy: Evidence‐based counseling across the lifespan
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Women with epilepsy (WWE) encounter distinct and evolving challenges across the lifespan that require clinical management extending beyond seizure control alone. Although awareness of sex‐specific aspects of epilepsy has increased, important gaps remain in their integration into routine care.
Barbara Tettenborn +7 more
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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix [PDF]
, 2012 Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) causes many deaths worldwide and its incidence is increasing. They occur commonly in middle aged and elderly people and are disseminated at diagnosis.
Kaler, AK, Vasudev, DS
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Zika virus preferentially replicates in the female reproductive tract after vaginal inoculation of rhesus macaques. [PDF]
, 2017 Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted virus that can cause severe defects in an infected fetus. ZIKV is also transmitted by sexual contact, although the relative importance of sexual transmission is unclear.
Busch, Michael +11 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 299-309, April 2025.Abstract Objective To investigate whether induction/augmentation of labor in pregnant women with anemia increases the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and whether this risk varied by indications for labor induction/augmentation and by anemia severity in pregnancy.
Tuck Seng Cheng +21 more
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\ud Case Report: Unsuspected Uterine Choriocarcinoma with Lung Metastasis\ud [PDF]
, 2010 Choriocarcinoma is a rare form of cancer which commonly occurs in women of reproductive age, rarely in post-menopausal women and in women under 20 years of age.
Faustine, Lucas +8 more
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