Spirulina platensis effect on oxidative stress of rat’s offspring brain exposed to cigarette smoke during pregnancy and lactation by Kenny Cantika Abadi, Febriana Catur Iswanti, Sri Widia A Jusman, Fadilah Fadilah, Ani Retno Prijanti

“…Methods: The experimental study used 26 offspring divided into four groups: (C) = offspring of maternal control group; (Cg) = offspring of maternal exposed to cigarette smoke; (CgSp) = offspring of maternal given spirulina and exposed to cigarette smoke; and (Sp) = offspring of maternal given spirulina only group, during gestation and 9 days lactation (30 days). Each group consisted of 6 offspring obtained from 2 adult females mated with male Sprague-Dawley rats. …”
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Fetal Midgut Volvulus with Meconium Peritonitis Detected on Prenatal Ultrasound by Emanuelle J. Best, Cecelia M. O’Brien, Wendy Carseldine, Aniruddh Deshpande, Rebecca Glover, Felicity Park

“…Daily surveillance ultrasound was performed and spontaneous labour occurred at 32 weeks’ gestation. A proactive postnatal approach guided by prenatal sonographic findings allowed prompt treatment and an urgent laparotomy was performed for an ileal volvulus with necrosis and meconium peritonitis. …”
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Preschool abilities of children born preterm and low weight by Sasha A. Martínez-Espiet, Irene Sumaza Laborde, Leila Crespo Fernández, Maribel Campos Rivera, Frances Boulon Díaz

“…We evaluated a group of four years old children; 20 children born prematurely and 20 children born after a full gestation and desired weight, using the Beery-Buktenica visual-motor integration test. …”
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Prophylactic Administration of Surfactant in Extremely Premature Infants by Lutz Koch, David Frommhold, Bernd Beedgen, Peter Ruef, Johannes Poeschl

“…We conclude that infants under 27 weeks' gestation profit from prophylactic surfactant administration by reducing the time of mechanical ventilation. …”
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A Live Birth Subsequent to IVF following Egg Retrieval Only 12 Hours after hCG Priming by Limor Man, Joel Baron, Iris Har-Vardi, Eitan Lunenfeld, Eliahu Levitas

“…A viable pregnancy was achieved and a healthy baby girl was delivered at 38 weeks of gestation. Conclusion. In a rare and unexpected situation when immature oocytes are retrieved following a short hCG priming, the eggs should be cultured in vitro, late ICSI should be performed, and a pregnancy may be expected.…”
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Case report: Dandy-Walker malformation with occipital encephalocele and superadded meningitis by Saher Bano, Muhammad Aqib Faizan, Tooba Rehman, Jasleen Kaur, Jeevanjyot Singh

“…Here we present a case of a preterm male of 33 + 4 weeks period of gestation who presented to us with a posterior midline cystic swelling at the occipital neck region. …”
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Liquid crystal monomers induce placental development and progesterone release dysregulation through transplacental transportation by Shaohan Zhang, Zhipeng Cheng, Tao Zhang, Yubin Ding, Hongkai Zhu, Lei Wang, Hongwen Sun

“…Abstract Embryonic and fetal development can be affected during gestation by exposure to xenobiotics that cross the placenta. …”
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Familial Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Early in Life by Johannes Wirbelauer, Helge Hebestreit, Alexander Marx, Eugene J. Mark, Christian P. Speer

“…We report three siblings, two female newborns and a foetus of 15-week gestation of unrelated, healthy parents suffering from histologically proven PCH. …”
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Incidence of ophthalmic manifestations in congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) by Jennifer L. Rossen, Abdelhamid Hindi, Safa Rahmani, Brenda L. Bohnsack

“…Patients born < 36 weeks gestation (n = 15) had a higher rate of systemic findings, neurologic abnormalities, developmental delay, and intrauterine growth restriction compared to full-term patients. …”
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Lineage tracing studies suggest that the placenta is not a de novo source of hematopoietic stem cells. by Xiaowen Chen, Joanna Tober, Martin Dominguez, Alan T Tang, Jenna Bockman, Jisheng Yang, Sneha Mani, Chin Nien Lee, Mei Chen, Triloshan Thillaikumaran, Patricia Mericko-Ishizuka, Monica Mainigi, Nancy A Speck, Mark L Kahn

“…However, during human gestation HSPCs arise in the aorta considerably earlier than when they can first be detected in the placenta, suggesting that the placenta may primarily serve as a niche. …”
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Bilateral Congenital Absence of the Stapes Superstructure in Two Siblings by Jose Ignacio Undabeitia, José Undabeitia, Laura Cianci, Luis Padilla, Eduardo Petreñas, Antonio Municio

“…It is believed that stapes agenesis is related to an abnormal development of the facial nerve, which by the 5th to 6th week of gestation would interpose between the otic capsule and the stapes blastema, preventing these structures from contacting. …”
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Does remote COVID infection in pregnancy affect the placenta and pregnancy outcomes? – Results from a prospective cohort study (PLACENTA IN COVID/ PIC study) by N D Varunashree, Sherin Daniel, Swati Rathore, Mahesh Moorthy, Bijesh Yadav, Manisha M. Beck

“…Rates of SGA (small for gestational age) babies and stillbirths were recorded. …”
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Ductus Venosus Doppler S/D Value Adjusted Alfa Fetoprotein Levels to Decrease False Positive Rates by Alptekin Tosun, Enis Özkaya, Vakkas Korkmaz, Yasemin Çekmez

“…In this study we tried to determine the effect of ductus venosus and umbilical blood flow on serum AFP levels STUDY DESIGN: Sixty women with 16-20 weeks of gestation were enrolled for the study. Subjects were divided into two: AFP levels lower (n=46) and higher than 2 MomS MoMs (n=14). …”
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Association between Prenatal One-Hour Glucose Challenge Test Values and Delivery Mode in Nondiabetic, Pregnant Black Women by Jerel M. Ezell, Rosalind M. Peters, Jessica E. Shill, Andrea E. Cassidy-Bushrow

“…A prospective cohort study recruited 203 pregnant Black women to participate. At ~28 weeks of gestation, participants underwent a routine 1-hour 50 g GCT to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus. …”
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Reduction of nutrients concentration in culture medium has no effect on bovine embryo production, pregnancy and birth rates by Ligiane de Oliveira Leme, Mauricio Machaim Franco, Otávio Augusto de Faria, Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano, Juliana Gonçalves de Souza, Luciano de Rezende Carvalheira, Emivaldo de Siqueira Filho, Margot Alves Nunes Dode

“…Subsequently, we selected SOF25 for comparison with SOF100 in a commercial laboratory setting, evaluating embryo production, response to cryopreservation, gestation rate, and offspring birth. The data demonstrated that a 75% reduction in SOF medium components did not affect embryo development, quality, pregnancy rate, embryonic losses between 30 and 60 days, or birth rate (P > 0.05). …”
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Chloride Balance in Preterm Infants during the First Week of Life by Silvia Iacobelli, Elsa Kermorvant-Duchemin, Francesco Bonsante, Alexandre Lapillonne, Jean-Bernard Gouyon

“…To describe the chloride balance in infants born 25–32-week gestation, analyze the association of chloride changes with hydroelectrolytic status and their relationship with perinatal conditions, morbidities, and neurological outcome. …”
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Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy following Two Abdominal Myomectomies and IVF by Marco D’Asta, Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, Carla Ettore, Valentina Dilisi, Elisa Pappalardo, Giuseppe Ettore

“…A 33-year-old primigravida comes to our obstetric emergency room for pelvic pain at 29 weeks of gestation. In her medical history, there were two previous surgical operations of abdominal myomectomy, one in 2015 and one in January 2021 (6 months before conception). …”
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Placental Growth Factor, Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1, Soluble Endoglin, IL-6, and IL-16 as Biomarkers in Preeclampsia by Carmen Rădulescu, Anca Bacârea, Adina Huțanu, Rozalia Gabor, Minodora Dobreanu

“…Preeclampsia (PE), an important cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide, is a pregnancy-related disease characterized by hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation. The aim of our study was to find a practical panel of biomarkers useful in early diagnosis of PE. …”
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Conservative Treatment of Stage IA1 Adenocarcinoma of the Uterine Cervix during Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Francesco Sopracordevole, Diego Rossi, Jacopo Di Giuseppe, Marta Angelini, Pierino Boschian-Bailo, Monica Buttignol, Andrea Ciavattini

“…After colposcopic guide laser cervical conization and expression of informed consent the patient underwent followup and vaginal delivery at 40 weeks plus 3 days of gestation. In this case, no obstetric complication has been recorded after the cervical conization, and after a followup of 18 months the patient was alive and free of disease, with negative results as far as pap smear, colposcopy, HPV status, and cervical curettage are concerned. …”
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Mechanisms Underlying Adaptation of Respiratory Network Activity to Modulatory Stimuli in the Mouse Embryo by Marc Chevalier, Rafaël De Sa, Laura Cardoit, Muriel Thoby-Brisson

“…The preBötC network has been shown to become active during the last third of gestation. But only little is known regarding the modulation of inspiratory rhythmicity at embryonic stages and even less on a possible role of pacemaker neurons in this functional flexibility during the prenatal period. …”
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