Löwy, Ilana
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Social science & medicine (1982)
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is grounded in the analysis of free circulating fetal DNA (cfDNA) in pregnant women's blood. The rolling out of this screening method was in large part driven by commercial firms, which hoped to reach a huge potential market by offering a test that was expected to be risk-free, reliable, inexpensive, and able to...
Mateu-Salat, M Asla, Q Chico, A Martínez, M C Martínez, M J López, A Pujol, I Corcoy, R
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Acta diabetologica
Colquhoun, Matthew Thanopoulou, Vasiliki Quick, Vanessa Mouyis, Maria
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Modern rheumatology case reports
Rituximab (RTX) is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that is used in the treatment of many rheumatic diseases, for both licensed and unlicensed indications. Due to concerns regarding foetal B cell depletion and possible infection, there is conflicting advice about whether the drug should be administered during pregnancy, with some organisations advi...
Timur, Burcu Guney, Gurhan
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background We aimed to investigate the levels of ADAMTS-1, which is secreted from the extracellular matrix during trophoblastic invasion in hyperemesis gravidarum (HEG). Methods In this cross-sectional study, we compared 45 HEG patients aged between 21 and 34 in terms of ADAMTS-1 levels with a control group consisting of 44 healthy pregnant women. ...
Karita, Etienne Nyombayire, Julien Ingabire, Rosine Mazzei, Amelia Sharkey, Tyronza Mukamuyango, Jeannine Allen, Susan Tichacek, Amanda Parker, Rachel Priddy, Frances
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Trials
Background Risks to mother and fetus following Ebola virus infection are very high. Evaluation of safety and immunogenicity of non-replicating Ebola vaccine candidates is a priority for use in pregnant women. This is the protocol for a randomized, open-label, single-center phase 3 clinical trial of the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of ...
He, Zuoxi Bian, Ce Xie, Chuan
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BMC Women's Health
Background Radical trachelectomy is an acceptable alternative to radical hysterectomy for patients with early-stage cervical cancer who wish to preserve reproductive function. This study is designed to compare the laparoscopic versus abdominal radical trachelectomy and provide oncological and obstetric outcome data on patients who have undergone fe...
Khoddam, Shirin Lotfi, Razieh Kabir, Kourosh Merghati- Khoei, Effat
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background & aim Some cultural scenarios in pregnancy and childbirth reinforce dysfunctional sexual beliefs that reverse changes in the couple's sexual life. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of education by sending text messages on modifying dysfunctional sexual beliefs in pregnant women. Methods & materials This study is a randomi...
Choi, Rebekah Nagappan, Ashwini Kopyto, Deena Wexler, Anna
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background A growing body of evidence indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic has had detrimental mental health effects for pregnant women. However, little is known about the specific stressors that increased anxiety for pregnant women at the start of the pandemic. The present study aimed to better understand the concerns of pregnant women during the ...
Xu, Xiao Shen, Hao-Ran Zhang, Jia-Rong Li, Xue-Lian
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) mRNA binding proteins (IMPs) family belongs to a highly conserved family of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and is responsible for regulating RNA processing including localization, translation and stability. Mammalian IMPs (IMP1-3) take part in development, metabolism and tumorigenesis, where they are believed to pla...
Zeng, Kai Li, Yang Yang, Rumei
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Due to changes in family policy in China, pregnancy at advanced age (30 years old or above) is prevalent. Advanced maternal age is known to be related to a variety of negative health outcomes, including antenatal depression. Family relationship quality might be an important factor for antenatal depressive symptoms among Chinese women wit...
