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DNA methylation of imprinted genes at birth is associated with child weight status at birth, 1 year, and 3 years

Clinical Epigenetics, 2018
Background This study assessed the associations between nine differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of imprinted genes in DNA derived from umbilical cord blood leukocytes in males and females and (1) birth weight for gestational age z score, (2) weight-
Sarah Gonzalez-Nahm, Michelle A. Mendez, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, Susan K. Murphy, Vijaya K. Hogan, Diane L. Rowley, Cathrine Hoyo   +6 more
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High Birth Weight and Cognitive Outcomes [PDF]

While the effects of low birth weight have long been explored, those of high birth weight have been essentially ignored. Economists have analyzed the negative effects that low birth weight might have on subsequent school outcomes, while taking into ...
Resul Cesur, Inas Rashad
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Onasemnogene Abeparvovec in Patients With SMA: Interim Results of the RESTORE Registry in Japan

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective There are limited real‐world data regarding the safety and effectiveness of onasemnogene abeparvovec (OA; Zolgensma) infusion, a one‐time gene replacement therapy, for Japanese patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). We aimed to improve understanding of the real‐world outcomes for OA in Japan.
Kayoko Saito, Kamal Benguerba, Ken Tsuchida, Kazushige Yazawa, Isao Tsumiyama, Hiromitsu Kayama, Sandra P. Reyna, Farid Khan, Richard S. Finkel   +8 more
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Changing trends of birth weight with maternal age: a cross-sectional study in Xi’an city of Northwestern China

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Most studies have shown that maternal age is associated with birth weight. However, the specific relationship between each additional year of maternal age and birth weight remains unclear.
Shanshan Wang, Liren Yang, Li Shang, Wenfang Yang, Cuifang Qi, Liyan Huang, Guilan Xie, Ruiqi Wang, Mei Chun Chung   +8 more
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A description of congenital anomalies among infants in Entebbe, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Data on congenital anomalies from developing countries of the sub-Saharan region are scarce. However, it is important to have comprehensive and reliable data on the description and prevalence of congenital anomalies to allow surveillance and ...
Lule, Swaib, Mpairwe, Harriet, Miriam Akello, Oduru, Gloria, Akello, Miriam, Swaib Lule, Gloria Oduru, Muhangi, Lawrence, Lawrence Muhangi, Kiggundu, Molly, Molly Kiggundu, Alison M. Elliott, Nampijja, Margaret, Margaret Nampijja, Elliott, Alison M, Ndibazza, Juliet, Harriet Mpairwe, Juliet Ndibazza   +17 more
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Human Pegivirus Encephalitis With Brain Detection and Response to Sofosbuvir Ledipasvir

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human pegivirus (HPgV‐1) has been associated with severe encephalomyelitis in immunocompromised patients. Its neurological spectrum remains poorly defined. We report a slowly progressive encephalitis in a person living with well‐controlled HIV, characterized by white matter abnormalities and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). HPgV RNA was
Antoine Moulignier, Françoise Heran, Francis Lallemand, Pierre Bourdillon   +3 more
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The looming health hazard: A wave of HPV-related cancers in Japan is becoming a reality due to the continued suspension of the governmental recommendation of HPV vaccine

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2022
Asami Yagi, Yutaka Ueda, Sayaka Ikeda, Etsuko Miyagi, Masayuki Sekine, Takayuki Enomoto, Tadashi Kimura   +6 more
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Nongenetic factors influencing the weight and growth of Borgu calves at the Okpara breeding farm in Benin

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2000
A study was carried out from records on 453 calves kept at the Okpara Breeding Farm between 1994 and 1998. Nongenetic factors affecting the birth weight, weight at three and twelve months of age as well as average daily gains from birth to three months ...
A. K.I. Youssao, A. Ahissou, C. Michaux, F. Farnir, Z. Touré, N. D. Idrissou, P. L. Leroy   +6 more
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Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes [PDF]

This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food Stamp Program (FSP) during the 1960s and early 1970s. Using variation in the month the FSP began operating in each U.S.
Douglas Almond, Hilary W. Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach   +2 more
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COVID‐19 Vaccination Is Not Associated With the Development of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis in US Veterans

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Several case reports have proposed a potential association between COVID‐19 vaccination and the subsequent development of idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM). This study examined prior COVID‐19 vaccination in US veterans who developed new‐onset IIM compared to those without new‐onset IIM.
Caleb Hernández, Naomi Schlesinger, Jorge Rojas, Jessica A. Walsh, Tawnie J. Braaten, Gary A. Kunkel, Makoto Jones, Brian C Sauer, Julio Facelli, Grant W. Cannon, Dorota Lebiedz‐Odrobina   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source