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Factors affecting low fetal fraction in fetal screening with cell-free DNA in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Cell-Free DNA (cfDNA) is a non-invasive perinatal test (NIPT) used to assess fetal anomalies. The ability to detect fetal chromosomal aneuploidies is directly related to a sample’s fetal to total DNA fraction, known as the fetal fraction (FF).
Sanaz Mousavi   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A narrative review of interventions addressing the parental-fetal relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Expectant parents develop varying degrees of emotional affiliation with the unborn child. Interventions supporting this relationship may be beneficial given its link to maternal health behaviour during pregnancy, as well as the parental–infant
Borg Cunen, Nicole   +4 more
core   +1 more source

USE OF MOXIBUSTION AND ACUPUNCTURE IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH BREECH PRESENTATION: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2017
The objective in this study was to develop an integrative review to identify publications on moxibustion and acupuncture to turn fetuses in breech position.
Mariana Haddad Rodrigues   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship of placental diameter and thickness versus fetal growth biometrics: A cross-sectional sonographic evaluation of antenatal women in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2020
Background: The placenta is a feto-maternal organ that plays a vital role in normal fetal growth and perinatal outcome. Sonographic studies have shown that placental diameter (PD) and thickness (PT) increase linearly with gestational age, and may have ...
Ozoemena Joseph Ogbochukwu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of the BASNEF Model on Maternal-Fetal Attachment in the Pregnant Women Referring to the Prenatal Clinics Affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Neonatology, 2017
Background: Prenatal attachment and positive adaptation with the concept of motherhood play a pivotal role in maternal and fetal health. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the beliefs, attitudes, subjective norms, and enabling factors ...
Marzieh Akbarzadeh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and fetal complications in pregnancies with eclampsia in Ghaem hospital: June 2018 to June 2020 [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2022
Introduction: Eclampsia is defined as generalized tonic-clonic seizure in a pregnant woman with preeclampsia. Eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide.
Atiyeh mohamadzadeh vatanchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and fetal risk factors for stillbirth : population based study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objective: To assess the main risk factors associated with stillbirth in a multiethnic English maternity population. Design: Cohort study. Setting: National Health Service region in England.
Francis, A. (André)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Maternal–fetal attachment in pregnant Italian women: multidimensional influences and the association with maternal caregiving in the infant’s first year of life

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Maternal–Fetal Attachment (MFA) describes the cognitive-representational, emotional, and behavioral aspects of the mother–fetus relationship that develops during pregnancy. We present two studies conducted on pregnant Italian women. In Study I,
C. Sacchi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Apoptosis in mouse fetal and neonatal oocytes during meiotic prophase one [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background The vast majority of oocytes formed in the fetal ovary do not survive beyond birth. Possible reasons for their loss include the elimination of non-viable genetic constitutions arising through meiosis, however, the ...
Ghafari , Fataneh   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Validation of an Enhanced Version of a Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Noninvasive Prenatal Test for Detection of Fetal Aneuploidies

open access: yesFetal Diagnosis and Therapy, 2016
Objective: To validate an updated version (Version 2) of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based noninvasive prenatal test (NIPT) and to determine the likelihood of success when testing for fetal aneuploidies following a redraw.
A. Ryan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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