Hormonal contraception in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Contraceptive and non-contraceptive effects. A clinical lecture by Olga A. Pustotina

“…The necessity of using combined hormonal contraception both to prevent unwanted pregnancy and to reduce the risks associated with PCOS is justified, and the advantages of a chlormadinone-containing combined oral contraceptive in women with hyperandrogenism are given.…”
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Gestational Thrombocytopenic Patients in Our Center: Analysis of the Patients and Review of the Literature by Emel Ebru Özçimen

“… OBJECTIVE: Gestational thrombocytopenia is the most common cause of the thrombocytopenia in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gestational thrombocytopenia (GT) among pregnant women in our center. …”
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Stress-Induced Hyperprolactinemia: Pathophysiology and Clinical Approach by Samara Levine, Ozgul Muneyyirci-Delale

“…Physiologic causes include pregnancy, lactation, sleep-associated, nipple stimulation and sexual orgasm, chest wall stimulation, or trauma. …”
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Preterm Caesarean Delivery in a Parturient with Candida parapsilosis Endocarditis by Jason Fu, Lance M. Retherford, Brigid Flynn

“…While the incidence of infective endocarditis during pregnancy is rare, the incidence of C. parapsilosis endocarditis is even rarer. …”
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Dyspnoea at Term in an Obese Mother by Vicky O'Dwyer, Yvonne O'Brien, Nadine Farah, Michael J. Turner

“…We discuss the differential diagnosis of dyspnoea in pregnancy and highlight the complexity of care of the morbidly obese woman.…”
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Puerperal gravid process like risk factor for the presentation of severe clinical pictures of Influenza A (H1N1) by Carlos Zerquera

“…Such considerations are the author's points of view, based on the review of medical literature, as very recent aspects in relation with to the beginning and normal development of the pregnancy and an experience of more than thirty years as the head of medical team for the care of severe pregnant women patients.…”
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Johne’s Disease in Beef Cattle by Bridget Stice, Lindsey Wiggins, Todd Thrift, Joao Bittar

“… The economic cost of Johne’s disease is substantial due to delayed establishment of pregnancy and even failure during the breeding season, reduced weaning weights, and loss or culling of cows before operations have recouped production costs. …”
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Comparative Arguments and Ethical Analysis: Selective Abortion and Eugenics by Tomás Hernández Mora

“… This article aims to ethically evaluate selective abortion and eugenics, as well as to analyze the practical feasibility of comparing both terms to legitimate, or not, the prohibition of this form of interruption of pregnancy. To this end, the concept of “abortion” will be studied, emphasizing the notion of “selective abortion”. …”
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Decidualized Endometriosis Causing Inversion of the Appendix, Massive Hemorrhage and Fetal Death by Anthony M Magliocco, Robert Mulloy, Roy M Preshaw, James K Kelly

“…A 35-year-old woman presented at 3 7 weeks of pregnancy with acute massive rectal hemorrhage and fetal death. …”
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Uncommon Diseases in Pediatric Age: Commemoration in Cienfuegos of an Essential Event for Cuban Public Health by Jan O´neil González Ramos, Belkis González Aguiar

“…Therefore, diagnosing uncommon diseases plays an increasingly important role and is performed as early as during pregnancy. In spite of the fact that the access to treatments has become really expensive in developed countries, in Cuba the health system guarantees it for free.…”
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Ženská nucená práce v českých zemích 1939–1945 by Dana Musilová, Pavla Plachá

“…This system, on the one hand, used the female workforce in the same way as the male, but on the other hand, it had some gender-specific characteristics (women were forced to prostitution in camp brothels, pregnancy, maternity). This study aims to analyse the current state of research, to specify the terminology used in relation to female forced labor, to classify it and to define its specifics in the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Imperial County Sudetenland. …”
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Evaluation of an Alternative Screening Method for Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic (DIABECOVID STUDY): An Observational Cohort Study by Alba Casellas, Cristina Martínez, Judit Amigó, Roser Ferrer, Laia Martí, Carme Merced, Maria Carmen Medina, Istria Molinero, Marta Calveiro, Anna Maroto, Ester del Barco, Elena Carreras, Maria Goya

“…The secondary outcomes were composite adverse outcomes, including pregnancy complications, delivery complications, and neonatal complications. …”
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Chromosomal analysis and short-term outcome of prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease by Marcellino Verbeke, Laurens Hannes, Koen Devriendt, Kris Van den Bogaert, Bjorn Cools, Luc De Catte, Marc Gewillig, Jeroen Breckpot

“…We reviewed medical files from 381 fetuses, presenting at our center between 2018 and 2021 with CHD for which prenatal advice by a pediatric cardiologist was sought. 341 fetuses met the inclusion criteria for the study. Twin pregnancies (7.62%; OR 4.76 (p < 0.001)) and pregnancies resulting from assisted reproductive technology (7.33%; OR 2.44 (p < 0.001)) were more prevalent compared to the general population. …”
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Aberrant methylation of placental development genes in chorionic villi of spontaneous abortions with trisomy 16 by О. Yu. Vasilyeva, E. N. Tolmacheva, A. E. Dmitriev, Ya. A. Darkova, E. A. Sazhenova, T. V. Nikitina, I. N. Lebedev, S. A. Vasilyev

“…In humans, aneuploidy is incompatible with the birth of healthy children and mainly leads to the death of embryos in the early stages of development in the first trimester of pregnancy. Trisomy 16 is the most common aneup loidy among spontaneous abortions of the first trimester of pregnancy. …”
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Burden and Determinant of Inadequate Dietary Diversity among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hagos Degefa Hidru, Meresa Berwo Mengesha, Yared Hailesilassie, Fissaha Tekulu Welay

“…Inadequate dietary diversity intake during pregnancy results in increased risks of negative maternal and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Using the socioecological model to explore factors associated with obesity among reproductive age women by Amanda Gilbert, Alicia Persaud, Sarah Farabi, Sarah Farabi, Cindy Schwarz, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rachel G. Tabak

“…IntroductionWomen of reproductive age (18–44 years) are at an increased risk of developing obesity due to pregnancy, life-transitions, and marginalization. Obesity in women negatively affects women’s health and pregnancy outcomes and can increase risk their children will develop obesity. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of probable depression amongst pregnant and parenting young females: a comparison of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa by K. P. Seakamela, R. G. Mashaba, C. B. Ntimana, M. O. Mbombi, J. Tlouyamma, J. Tlouyamma, P. Mphekgwana, R. Nemuramba, K. Mothapo, L. Muthelo, L. N. Mabila, I. Dhau, E. Maimela, E. Maimela

“…The study also found a relationship between alcohol consumption, lack of financial support, unplanned pregnancy, and probable depression in pregnant and parenting adolescents. …”
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Acceptability of a dapivirine levonorgestrel vaginal ring in two Phase 1 trials (MTN-030/IPM 041 and MTN-044/IPM 053/CCN019): Implications for multipurpose prevention technology de... by Barbara A Friedland, Holly Gundacker, Sharon L Achilles, Beatrice A Chen, Craig Hoesley, Barbra A Richardson, Clifton W Kelly, Jeanna Piper, Sherri Johnson, Brid Devlin, John Steytler, Kyle Kleinbeck, Bindi Dangi, Chantél Friend, Mei Song, Barbara Mensch, Ariane van der Straten, Cindy Jacobson, Craig W Hendrix, Jill Brown, Diana Blithe, Sharon L Hiller, MTN-030/IPM 041 and MTN-044/IPM 053/CCN019 Protocol Teams for the Microbicide Trials Network and the Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network

“…The DPV-LNG ring could meet the needs of women seeking simultaneous protection from HIV and unintended pregnancy. Addressing issues related to vaginal bleeding and expulsions early in product development will likely enhance acceptability of the DPV-LNG ring. …”
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EMA/CO Combination Chemotheraphy in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Update of Our Results by Tolga Taşçı, Işın Üreyen, Günsu Kimyon, Alper Karalök, Sevgi Koç, M. Faruk Köse, Gökhan Tulunay, Taner Turan

“…When the antecedent pregnancy was term pregnancy or the histopathological diagnosis was choriocarcinoma or when there was liver metastasis, the treatment success decreased. …”
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One carbon metabolism supplementation in maturation medium but not embryo culture medium improves the yield of blastocysts from bovine oocytes by Arefeh Golestanfar, Amir Niasari Naslaji, Farnoosh Jafarpour, Nima Sadeghi Borujen, Shiva Rouhollahi Varnosfaderani, Yves Menezo, Maurizio Dattilo, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

“…After single embryo transfer, the supplemented blastocysts were at least as competent as non-supplemented ones with a non-significantly higher (20% vs. 14%) pregnancy rate and the advantage of several good quality blastocysts available for future use. …”
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