Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Stimulates Activin A Secretion from Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells by Yumiko Abe, Risa Marukawa, Nami Tsuru, Maki Sato, Hiroko Matsuda, Hisanobu Sadakata, Takashi Kameda, Takashi Minegishi

“…Fetal membranes were obtained during elective cesarean sections performed in full-term pregnancies of patients without systemic disease, signs of premature delivery, or fetal complications. …”
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Diagnosis of Fanconi Anemia: Mutation Analysis by Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification and PCR-Based Sanger Sequencing by Johan J. P. Gille, Karijn Floor, Lianne Kerkhoven, Najim Ameziane, Hans Joenje, Johan P. de Winter

“…This knowledge allows preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and enables prenatal DNA testing in future pregnancies. Although simultaneous testing of all FA genes by next generation sequencing will be possible in the near future, this technique will not be available immediately for all laboratories. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Study of Abortions in a Rural Area of Delhi by Priyanka Yadav, Gajendra S. Meena, Rajesh Kumar, Nandini Sharma

“…Results: Of all 315 women, 47% had a history of one or more abortions. Of all pregnancies (n = 953), 25.6% ended in abortions (n = 244). …”
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Evaluation of cervical cytological abnormalities in correlation with clinical findings in Iraqi patients by Zainab Abbas Hassooni, Wafaa Redha Mohammed Al-Sabbagh, Taqi Mohammed Jwad Taher

“…Results: There were significant statistical association between cytological abnormalities on pap smear test and age of the patient (P-value of 0.01), with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) result showed the highest mean age of 46.91 as well as significant association with a number of live birth and a number of pregnancies with significant P value (<0.001 and <0.001) in the same order. …”
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Measurement Of Umbilical Venous Lactate Levels For Predicting Poor Neonatal Outcomes by Maria Habib, Maliha Akhtar Qureshi, Irum Sohail

“…Method: This observational study was conducted at Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) hospital, Islamabad from May 2019 to October 2019. Singleton pregnancies with no known fetal congenital anomalies and gestational age greater than 28 weeks were included. …”
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BEHAVIOUR AMONG FEMALE MIGRANTS IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE by ONYEMA ANGELA ABEL

“…Increased alcohol consumption, depression, suicides, cancer, unwanted pregnancies, STDs are all consequences of risky sexual behavior. …”
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An efficient interpretable framework for unsupervised low, very low and extreme birth weight detection. by Ali Nawaz, Amir Ahmad, Shehroz S Khan, Mohammad Mehedy Masud, Nadirah Ghenimi, Luai A Ahmed

“…Detecting low birth weight is crucial for early identification of at-risk pregnancies which are associated with significant neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality risks. …”
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The Determinants of Survival Time of Premature Neonates at Shambu General Hospital by Olani Debelo

“…Gestational age, neonatal sex, place of residence, hemoglobin (Hb) level, hypertension status, HIV status, antenatal care, mode of delivery, birth weight, multiple pregnancies, perinatal asphyxia, and parity greater than 1 were significantly associated with the death time of premature neonates. …”
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Examining the Causes and Consequences of School Dropout at Elementary Level in Rubaya Sub-County Kabale District. by Ayebare, Victor

“…For instance, the recent Uganda National Health Survey 2016/17 shows that 12 percent of school-going-age children have never attended while 48.2% have dropped out of school due to early pregnancies. parent's occupation. school expenses, parental education, household size, and proportion of economically active household members. the challenges associated with dropouts thus worry policymakers since they partly reflect the inadequacy of a schooling system in terms of either school quality or quantity. …”
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Factors in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Predicting the Needs for Insulin Therapy by Ya Zhang, Jiashen Shao, Feifei Li, Xianming Xu

“…To identify factors predicting the need for insulin therapy in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). …”
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Is HbA1c Predictive for Screening and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus? by Neslihan Yerebasmaz, Oya Aldemir, Şeyma Asıltürk, Deniz Esinler, Ertuğrul Karahanoğlu, Ömer Kandemir, Serdar Yalvaç

“…We compared our results with the cut off value of 5.5 % that was notified for second trimester for non-diabetic pregnancies by different authors. Our HbA1c value that was 5.6% was significantly higher than the cut off values (5.5%) that was reported (p=0.008). …”
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Depressive Symptoms in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The LINDA-Brazil Study by Patrícia Damé, Kadhija Cherubini, Pâmella Goveia, Geórgia Pena, Leony Galliano, Cristina Façanha, Maria Angélica Nunes

“…Most of the women lived with a partner (88%), 50% were between 30 and 39 years old, 39% had finished high school, 39% had a family income of 1-2 minimum wages, and 47% were obese before their pregnancies. The presence of depressive symptoms was observed in 31% of the women, and severe depressive symptoms were observed in 10%; 8.3% reported self-harm intent. …”
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Plasma and Aorta Biochemistry and MMPs Activities in Female Rabbit Fed Methionine Enriched Diet and Their Offspring by Khira Othmani Mecif, Souhila Aouichat Bouguerra, Yasmina Benazzoug

“…All pregnant females realize 3 successive pregnancies. Plasma results showed that Met excess increased Hcy, raised CRP in NPMet and decreased it in PMet, enhanced significantly proMMP-2 and proMMP-9 activities in NPMet, and reduced them in PMet. …”
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Similarity of Fibroglandular Breast Tissue Content Measured from Magnetic Resonance and Mammographic Images and by a Mathematical Algorithm by Fatima Nayeem, Hyunsu Ju, Donald G. Brunder, Manubai Nagamani, Karl E. Anderson, Tuenchit Khamapirad, Lee-Jane W. Lu

“…We also found that the number of completed pregnancies, C-reactive protein, aspartate aminotransferase, and progesterone were more strongly associated with amounts of glandular tissue than adipose tissue, while fat body mass, alanine aminotransferase, and insulin like growth factor-II appear to be more associated with the amount of breast adipose tissue. …”
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Sex-specific association between maternal childhood adversities and offspring’s weight gain in a Brazilian cohort by Vinicius Oliveira Santana, Aline Camargo Ramos, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Célia Maria Araújo, Barbara Shibuya Alves, Lucas Ribeiro, Aline Lodi, Ana Carolina Coelho Milani, Ivaldo Silva, Cristiane S. Duarte, Jonathan Posner, Andrea Parolin Jackowski

“…This study included 352 full-term newborns from low-risk pregnancies and their mothers in low-income settings in Brazil. …”
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HIV Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in Antiretroviral Naïve HIV-1-Infected Latin American Children by Luis E. Soto-Ramirez, Roberto Rodriguez-Diaz, D. Robert Harris, Rohan Hazra

“…Drug resistance mutations (DRMs) were detected in 6 (8.7%; 95% confidence interval 3.1–18.2%) ARV-naïve subjects; none of the mothers of these 6 received ARVs during their pregnancies and none of the children received ARV prophylaxis. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptives and Athletic Outcomes - analysis of potential effects of oral contraceptives on strength, endurance, mood, and overall competitive results by Dominika Lewandowska, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Strep, Anna Podraza, Julia Grabowska, Maciej Kwiatkowski, Patryk Romańczyk, Julia Białczak, Weronika Kanownik, Jakub Rosiński

“… Introduction Hormonal contraceptives, particularly oral contraceptives (OC), are commonly used by female athletes to regulate menstrual cycles, manage hormonal fluctuations, and prevent unwanted pregnancies. With an increasing number of women competing at elite levels, a central question emerges: can OC use influence key aspects of performance—such as strength, endurance, and mood stability—and thereby affect competitive outcomes? …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Rare Familial Unbalanced Translocation of Chromosomes 7 and 12 by Berrin Tezcan, Foteini Emmanouella Bredaki

“…In this particular case, the recurrence of an unbalanced translocation in the subsequent pregnancies is estimated to be 20%. Understanding the individuals’ phenotype in association with the gain and loss of copy number is important and can further provide us with information on that particular region of the named chromosomes.…”
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Access to Essential Contraception, Family Planning, and Safe Motherhood Services During COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Secondary Level Care Hospital Experience by Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Soumen Das Poddar, Ganesh Saravagi, Ajith Nilakantan

“…RESULTS: It has shown more late reported unintended pregnancies requiring surgical intervention, more late-registered antenatal cases and consequently delayed essential evaluations, increased trend in high-risk cases requiring in-patient care (IPD), and reduced access to contraception and family planning services in comparison to those in the previous two years. …”
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An Elevated Maternal Plasma Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 to Placental Growth Factor Ratio at Midtrimester Is a Useful Predictor for Preeclampsia by Mahmoud Fathy Hassan, Nancy Mohamed Ali Rund, Ahmed Husseiny Salama

“…Women subsequently developed preeclampsia had significantly lower PlGF levels and higher sFlt-1 and sFlt-1/PlGF ratio levels than women with normal pregnancies (P<0.0001 for all). Women who with preterm preeclampsia had significantly higher sFlt-1 and sFlt-1/PlGF ratio than term preeclamptic women (P=0.01, 0.003, resp.). …”
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