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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx121 Randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of an interactive group counseling intervention for HIV-positive women on prenatal depression and disclosure of HIV status AIDS Care, February 27, 2013 Clinical Article
122 Safe, accurate, prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia using ultrasound and free fetal DNA Prenatal Diagnosis, February 27, 2013
123 Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms and risks of human orofacial clefts Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, February 27, 2013
124 Prenatal diagnosis of bilateral anophthalmia by 3D “reverse face” view ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013
125 First-trimester prenatal diagnosis of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013
126 Efficient fetal size classification combined with artificial neural network for estimation of fetal weight Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
127 Human sex ratio at amniocentesis and at birth in Taiwan Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
128 Mosaic trisomy 2 at amniocentesis: Prenatal diagnosis and molecular genetic analysis Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
129 Prenatal diagnosis of mosaic tetrasomy 18p Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
130 Prenatal diagnosis of fetal multicystic dysplastic kidney in the era of three-dimensional ultrasound: 10-year experience Full Text Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 26, 2013 Clinical Article
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The enigma to achieve normal postnatal growth in preterm infants- using parenteral or enteral nutrition
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132 Reproductive options for prospective parents in families with Huntington's disease: clinical, psychological and ethical reflections Human Reproduction Update, February 25, 2013 Clinical Article
133 Management of prenatally diagnosed lung lesions Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, February 25, 2013 Clinical Article
134 Association of early preterm birth with abnormal levels of routinely collected first and second trimester biomarkers American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 22, 2013 Clinical Article
135 Effects of the use of semipermeable membranes on fluid loss in low-birth-weight premature newborns Biological Research For Nursing, February 22, 2013
136 Effects of changes in prenatal aneuploidy screening policies in an integrated health care system Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 21, 2013 Clinical Article
137 Laser ablation of placental anastomoses in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: preoperative predictors of death by recursive partitioning Prenatal Diagnosis, February 21, 2013 Clinical Article
138 Crown-Rump Length Discordance And Adverse Perinatal Outcome In Twins: The Stork Multiple Pregnancy Cohort Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, February 21, 2013 Clinical Article
139 Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: a case study Advances in Neonatal Care, February 21, 2013
140 Congenital heart defects and major structural noncardiac anomalies in Alberta, Canada, 1995-2002 Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, February 20, 2013 Clinical Article
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 Impact of early human milk on sepsis and health-care costs in very low birth weight infants Journal of Perinatology, February 1, 2013
2 Parent's attitude toward prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy could be influenced by other factors rather than by the severity of the condition Prenatal Diagnosis, February 6, 2013
3 Guidelines-based indicators to measure quality of antenatal care Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, April 12, 2013 Clinical Guideline
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