The Impact of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and Obesity on Fetal Growth by Erin Graves, David J. Hill, Susan Evers, Kristine Van Aarsen, Brie Yama, Su Yuan, M. Karen Campbell

“…Factors linked with insulin resistance were examined for their association with large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infant birth weight and gestational diabetes. …”
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Impact of Obesity on Perinatal Outcomes among Asthmatic Women by Meggie Thuot, Marc-André Coursol, Sonia Nguyen, Vanessa Lacasse-Guay, Marie-France Beauchesne, Anne Fillion, Amélie Forget, Fatima-Zohra Kettani, Lucie Blais

“…BACKGROUND: Only one study has investigated the combined effect of maternal asthma and obesity on perinatal outcomes; however, it did not consider small-for-gestational age and large-for-gestational age infants.…”
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Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy. Perinatal Results in a 3 years Study. by Cristóbal Torres González, Vivian Vázquez Martínez, Joselin Moreno Torres, Angel Rodríguez Cabrera, Amparo Ocampo Sánchez, Ana López Rodríguez del Rey

“…Rates were determined for under weight, premature births, congenital malformations, late fetal deaths, macrosomia, asphyxia and assessment of caesarean operation in the diabetic women; as well as the risk of these complications for this group with regard to the non diabetic pregnant women and between the gestational and pre-gestational diabetes. <strong>Results:</strong> Diabetes incidence and pregnancy was of 1, 68 %. …”
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Cervical length of preoperative cervical cerclage prognostic impacted the effect of cervical insufficiency by Yayun Zhang, Zihan Zhao, Jiaqi Xu, Fei Wu, Ting Chen, Shunyu Hou, Aifen Wang

“…Longer cervical length was identified as a protective factor for overall gestational age extension in cervical cerclage patients. …”
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Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy by Renata O. Neves, Alexandre da S. Rocha, Bruna O. de Vargas, Daniela C. Kretzer, Salete de Matos, Marcelo Z. Goldani, Lisia von Diemen, José A. de A. Magalhães, Juliana R. Bernardi

“…To suggest cut-off points for body mass index (BMI) using gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as cardiometabolic conditions in pregnancy. …”
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Successful pregnancy of an SMA type 3 sitter on Nusinersen therapy - a case report by Miriam Hiebeler, Simone Thiele, Maggie C. Walter

“…A healthy child was born in the 34th gestational week by caesarean section. After a short nursing period, Nusinersen was restarted 6 weeks after the expected gestational date. …”
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Spectrum of unusual ectopic pregnancies on imaging: Case series by Madhuri Pundlikrao Udgire, Varun Vasant Nimje, Shubham Baburao Bodhankar, Tushar Suresh Yadav, Rushabh Chordiya

“…Conclusion: Incidence of gestations with ectopic implantations is rising, and knowledge of the imaging appearance of uncommon ectopic gestations is important for clinicians in correct diagnosis and timely treatment initiation.…”
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Case report: Successful laparoscopic management of early abdominal pregnancy by Haixia Li, Limin Feng, Shengpeng Zhang

“…BackgroundAbdominal pregnancy is characterized by the implantation of the gestational sac within the peritoneal cavity, specifically outside the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and cervix. …”
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Endothelial Function in Women with and without a History of Glucose Intolerance in Pregnancy by Shireen Brewster, John Floras, Bernard Zinman, Ravi Retnakaran

“…Background/Aims. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and milder gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT) identify women who are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease. …”
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The Post-Discharge Growth of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants by Tuba Ozdemir, Abdullah Baris Akcan, Munevver Kaynak Turkmen

“…CONCLUSION: Small for gestational age newborns were found to catch up with appropriate for gestational age newborns at 2 years corrected age in terms of growth, although the percentage of catch-up growth during follow-up at the 40thgw, and at the 6th, 12th and 18th months was lower than that of appropriate for gestational age newborns. …”
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Second Trimester Umbilical Cord Coiling Index and Perinatal Outcomes by Yusuf Aytaç Tohma, Mehmet Metin Altay, Derya Turgut, Selcan Coşkun, Eylem Ünlübilgin, Sertaç Esin, Orhan Gelişen, Okyar Erol

“…Perinatal problems such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), small for gestational age (SGA) and birth weight, gestational age at birth, and newborn intensive care unit need were recorded. …”
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Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Induced Pancreatitis in Pregnancy by Natasha Gupta, Seema Ahmed, Lemuel Shaffer, Paula Cavens, Josef Blankstein

“…Acute pancreatitis caused by severe gestational hypertriglyceridemia is a rare complication of pregnancy. …”
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Primary Ovarian Choriocarcinoma: Rare Entity by Mequanent Tariku Adow, Shimelis Fantu Gebresilasie, Natnael Alemayehu Abebe

“…This article reports primary ovarian choriocarcinoma, likely gestational in a 25-year-old para 2 woman presenting with lower abdominal pain and swelling of two-week duration. …”
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Congenital toxoplasmosis in infants from chronically infected mothers: report of two cases by Roberta Rassi Almeida, Geovana Batista de Campos, Ana Maria Castro

“…It is necessary to diagnose and monitor chronic gestational toxoplasmosis, as it may result from reactivation or reinfection. …”
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Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human brain structure linked to hormones and maternal attachment by Camila Servin-Barthet, Magdalena Martínez-García, María Paternina-Die, Luis Marcos-Vidal, Daniel Martín de Blas, Anna Soler, Olha Khymenets, Daniel Bergé, Gemma Casals, Pilar Prats, Oscar J. Pozo, Clara Pretus, Susana Carmona, Oscar Vilarroya

“…Abstract Growing evidence places the gestational period as a unique moment of heightened neuroplasticity in adult life. …”
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Factors That Influence Refractive Changes in the First Year of Myopia Development in Premature Infants by Jianbo Mao, Jimeng Lao, Chenyi Liu, Mingyuan Wu, Xueting Yu, Yirun Shao, Lin Zhu, Yiqi Chen, Lijun Shen

“…Different gender, birth weight, gestational age, and ROP did not affect the overall development of refractive status. …”
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Evaluation of phototherapy effects on platelet numbers and volumes in neonates with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in Sulaimani city/Kurdistan region/Iraq by Hayder Fakhir Mohammad, Shano Yassin Abdulqadir, Dea Ali Abdulla, Hawnaz Muhamad Ibrahim

“…There were statistically significant values (P = 0.002 and P = 0.001) in the correlation of decreasing platelet numbers to gestational age and duration of phototherapy, especially more evident with gestational age below 37 weeks (preterm) and in periods after 24 h and 72 h. …”
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Seizure prevalence in children aged up to 3 years: a longitudinal population-based cohort study in Japan by Kandai Nozu, Masahiro Nishiyama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Ishida, Kazumi Tomioka, Hiroki Takeda, Noriyuki Nishimura, Hiroki Mishina, Kazumoto Iijima, Hiroaki Nagase

“…We identified the occurrence of seizure/febrile seizure in 74 017 children, whose gestational ages at birth were noted. We conducted a multivariate analysis with the parameter, gestational age at birth, to analyse the risk of seizure. …”
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Assessment Of Fetal Outcome In Women Undergoing Emergency Caesarean Section For Fetal Distress In Tertiary Care Hospital by Noor Fatima, Khansa Iqbal, Amna Abbasi, Nabeela Waheed, Amara Arooj, Maliha Sadaf

“…A statistically significant difference (P≤0.05) was present among APGAR score, gestational age and fetal weight for fetal outcome in our study. …”
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TMT-based quantitative proteomics reveals the genetic mechanisms of secondary hair follicle development in fine-wool sheep. by Li-Xia Qiu, Qian Yu, Hua-Qian Zhou, Wen-Hua Fan, Jing-Jing Zheng, Yong-Lin Yang, Wen-Zhe Zhang, Xin Cao, Hua Yang

“…In this study, the histomorphology of secondary hair follicles was analyzed over four stages of fetal development (75, 85, 95, and 105 gestational days). TMT-based quantitative proteomics was used to compare the differential protein profiles of skin tissues between consecutive developmental periods (75 versus 85, 85 versus 95, and 95 versus 105 gestational days). …”
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