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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2009 Dec 1;47(Suppl 1):S87-S92. Epub 2009 Dec 1.

Unidad de Investigación en Epidemiología Clínica, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Grupo de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud Indígena, Chihuahua, México.

Objective: to describe the health of indigenous Raramuri adolescents.

Methods: data from native adolescents aged 10-19 years was analyzed from a population, school and hospital-based studies conducted between 1998 and 2007 covering the following topics: nutrition and reproductive health in 12-19 year-old women, nutrition and health in schoolchildren aged 10-14, and injuries in adolescents aged 10-19 years.

Results: prevalence of anemia in non-pregnant women (12-19 years) was 18. Read More

Neurochem Res 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Child Development and Nutriomics, Translational Medicine Laboratory, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, 100020, China.

Chemotherapeutic agents such as methotrexate (MTX), raltitrexed (RTX), 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), hydroxyurea (HU), and retinoic acid (RA), and valproic acid (VPA), an antiepileptic drug, all can cause malformations in the developing central nervous system (CNS), such as neural tube defects (NTDs). However, the common pathogenic mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the mechanisms of NTDs caused by MTX, RTX, 5-FU, HU, RA, and VPA (MRFHRV), based on network pharmacology and molecular biology experiments. Read More

Mol Biol Rep 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Medical Genetic Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine for Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Fujian Medical University, Fujian Key Laboratory for Prenatal Diagnosis and Birth Defect, Fuzhou, China.

Background: Early and intermediate serological screening cannot detect sex chromosome abnormalities. Currently, noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is the only procedure available for screening such disorders; however, its use is controversial.

Methods And Results: A total of 47,855 pregnant women underwent NIPT at our referral center from January 2014 to December 2020. Read More

Med Microbiol Immunol 2022 Aug 12. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100, Pavia, Italy.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) shedding has been extensively investigated in newborns and in young children, however, much less is known about it in immunocompetent adults. Shedding of HCMV was investigated in saliva, vaginal secretions and urine of pregnant women experiencing primary infection along with the development of the HCMV-specific immune response. Thirty-three pregnant women shed HCMV DNA in peripheral biological fluids at least until one year after onset of infection, while in blood HCMV DNA was cleared earlier. Read More

MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 2022 Sep-Oct 01;47(5):288-293

Purpose: Pregnant patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) may experience stigma and implicit and explicit bias from health care professionals when seeking prenatal care. This study explored the perceptions of health care professionals caring for pregnant women with SUDs and examined changes in their perceptions over time following attendance at an educational conference about SUDs.

Study Design And Methods: Evidence-based education was presented to health care professionals at a conference to reinforce the complex needs of pregnant women with SUDs. Read More