This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Perinatology & Neonatology headlines.
Mosaic trisomy 16 in a fetus: the complex relationship between phenotype and genetic mechanisms
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 30, 2006 Authors: Kamran Moradkhani, Jacques Puechberty, Patricia Blanchet, Christine Coubes, Hakima Lallaoui, Patricia Lewin, Genevieve Lefort, Pierre Sarda Source Type: info
Cytogenetic and histological features of a human embryo with homogeneous chromosome 8 trisomy
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 30, 2006 Authors: Christelle Golzio, Jessica Guirchoun, Catherine Ozilou, Sophie Thomas, Géraldine Goudefroye, Nicole Morichon-Delvallez, Michel Vekemans, Tania Attié-Bitach, Heather C. Etchevers Source Type: info
Serum PAPP-A levels at 10-14 weeks of gestation are altered in women after assisted conception
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 30, 2006 Authors: Nata[scaron]a Tul, [Zcaron]iva Novak-Antoli[ccaron] Source Type: info
Rapid prenatal diagnosis of common trisomies: discordant results between QF-PCR analysis and karyotype analysis on long-term culture for a case of trisomy 18 detected in CVS
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 25, 2006 Authors: S. K. Allen, A. Luharia, C. P. Gould, F. MacDonald, S. Larkins, E. V. Davison Source Type: info
National rates of birth defects among hospitalized newborns
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - October 25, 2006 Authors: T.M. Bird, Charlotte A. Hobbs, Mario A. Cleves, John M. Tilford, James M. Robbins Source Type: info
Genetic Patterning of the mammalian telencephalon by morphogenetic molecules and transcription factors
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - October 24, 2006 Authors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Fu-Chin Liu Source Type: info
Distinct mechanisms underlie pattern formation in the skin and skin appendages
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - October 24, 2006 Authors: Randall B. Widelitz, Ruth E. Baker, Maksim Plikus, Chih-Min Lin, Philip K. Maini, Ralf Paus, Cheng Ming Chuong Source Type: info
Hedgehog signaling in skeletal development
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - October 24, 2006 Authors: Harald W.A. Ehlen, Laetitia A. Buelens, Andrea Vortkamp Source Type: info
Extracellular modulation of BMP activity in patterning the dorsoventral axis
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - October 24, 2006 Authors: Shawn C. Little, Mary C. Mullins Source Type: info
Proteolytic regulatory mechanisms in the formation of extracellular morphogen gradients
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - October 24, 2006 Authors: Ellen K. LeMosy Source Type: info
Estimation of the day-specific probabilities of conception: current state of the knowledge and the relevance for epidemiological research
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Day-specific pregnancy probability estimation in barrier contraceptive effectiveness trials
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Foreword
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Bayesian selection of predictors of conception probabilities across the menstrual cycle
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Workshop recommendations for the preconception cohort of the National Children's Study
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Using cervical mucus and other easily observed biomarkers to identify ovulation in prospective pregnancy trials
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Measuring fecundity with standardised estimates of expected pregnancies
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Biomarkers of ovulation, endometrial receptivity, fertilisation, implantation and early pregnancy progression
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
The Oxford Conception Study design and recruitment experience
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
[Short reports] Effect of light reduction on the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Braz, R R T, Moreira, M E L, de Carvalho, M, Lopes, J M A, Rodrigues, M A, Cabral, J A O, Motta, M M Source Type: info
[Fantoms] Fantoms
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Ward Platt, M. Source Type: info
[Letters] An international replication, and the need for long term follow up studies
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Vekerdy, Z, Lakatos, L, Balla, G, Oroszlan, G Source Type: info
[Letters] Presence of parents during ward rounds: experience from a Greek NICU
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Dellagrammaticas, H D, Lacovidou, N Source Type: info
[Images in neonatal medicine] Greenish liver visible through abdomen in neonatal cholestasis
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Kumar, A, Ambati, S R Source Type: info
[Original articles] Nitrotyrosine in brain tissue of neonates after perinatal asphyxia
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Groenendaal, F, Lammers, H, Smit, D, Nikkels, P G J Source Type: info
[Original articles] Association between low concentrations of antibodies to protein {alpha} and Rib and invasive neonatal group B streptococcal infection
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Larsson, C, Lindroth, M, Nordin, P, Stalhammar-Carlemalm, M, Lindahl, G, Krantz, I Source Type: info
[Letters] Neonatal resuscitation in Italy: an ethical perspective
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Trevisanuto, D, Doglioni, N, Micaglio, M, Bortolus, R, Zanardo, V Source Type: info
[Letters] Palliation bias is being overlooked in neonatal hypothermia trials
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Ziino, A J A Source Type: info
[Original articles] Outcome of newborns with asymptomatic monomorphic ventricular arrhythmia
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: De Rosa, G, Butera, G, Chessa, M, Pardeo, M, Bria, S, Buonuomo, P S, Zecca, E, Romagnoli, C Source Type: info
[Letters] Re: Therapeutic hypothermia following perinatal asphyxia
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Bhat, M A Source Type: info
[Original articles] Behavioural and emotional problems in very preterm and very low birthweight infants at age 5 years
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Reijneveld, S A, de Kleine, M J K, van Baar, A L, Kollee, L A A, Verhaak, C M, Verhulst, F C, Verloove-Vanhorick, S P Source Type: info
[Reviews] Pharmacological therapy for analgesia and sedation in the newborn
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Anand, K J S, Hall, R W Source Type: info
[Leading articles] Probiotics and necrotising enterocolitis in premature infants
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Schanler, R J Source Type: info
[Letters] Neonatal pure red cell aplasia due to anti-M
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Hinchliffe, R F, Nolan, B, Vora, A J, Stamps, R Source Type: info
[Original articles] Efficacy of phototherapy for neonatal jaundice is increased by the use of low-cost white reflecting curtains
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Djokomuljanto, S, Quah, B S, Surini, Y, Noraida, R, Ismail, N Z N, Hansen, T W R, Van Rostenberghe, H Source Type: info
[Perspectives] To intubate or not--that is the question: continuous positive airway pressure versus surfactant and extremely low birthweight infants
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Finer, N Source Type: info
[Letters] Prolonged hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in newborns with intrauterine growth retardation
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Fafoula, O, Alkhayyat, H, Hussain, K Source Type: info
[Perinatal lessons from the past] Drs Richard Evanson (1800-1871) and Henry Maunsell (1806-1879) of Dublin and their paediatric text
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Dunn, P M Source Type: info
[Book reviews] Roberton's textbook of neonatology, fourth edition
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Smith, C L Source Type: info
[Reviews] Does perinatal asphyxia impair cognitive function without cerebral palsy?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Gonzalez, F F, Miller, S P Source Type: info
[Letters] Re: Palliation bias is being overlooked in neonatal hypothermia trials
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Edwards, A D, Azzopardi, D V Source Type: info
[Original articles] Evaluation of a new transcutaneous bilirubinometer in Chinese newborns
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Ho, H T, Ng, T K, Tsui, K C, Lo, Y C Source Type: info
[Letters] What is the best evidence based management of neonatal abstinence syndrome?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Nandakumar, N, Sankar, V S Source Type: info
[Images in neonatal medicine] Abdominal cellulitis due to Escherichia coli in a two month old premature newborn
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Dauger, S, Benhayoun, M, Touzot, F, Bonnard, A Source Type: info
[Original articles] Sustainable use of continuous positive airway pressure in extremely preterm infants during the first week after delivery
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Booth, C, Premkumar, M H, Yannoulis, A, Thomson, M, Harrison, M, Edwards, A D Source Type: info
[Original articles] Intrauterine neutrophil activation is associated with pulmonary haemorrhage in preterm infants
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Mehta, R, Petrova, A Source Type: info
[Letters] Delay in screening premature infants for congenital hypothyroidism
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Ng, S M, Wong, S C, Paize, F, Chakkarapani, E, Newland, P, Isherwood, D M, Didi, M Source Type: info
[Book reviews] Fanaroff and Martin's neonatal-perinatal medicine diseases of the fetus and infant, 8th edn, Vols I and II
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Millman, G C Source Type: info
[Original articles] Non-invasive measurement of reduced ventilation:perfusion ratio and shunt in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a physiological definition of the disease
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Quine, D, Wong, C M, Boyle, E M, Jones, J G, Stenson, B J Source Type: info
[Letters] Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations may not require surgical intervention
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Jaffe, A, Chitty, L S Source Type: info
[Reviews] Two hundred years of evidence-based perinatal care: late-fetal mortality in the past
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Woods, R I, Lokke, A, van Poppel, F Source Type: info
[Letters] Falling rates of perinatal postmortem examination: are we to blame?
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Rose, C, Evans, M, Tooley, J Source Type: info
[Letters] CAM lungs: the conservative approach
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Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - October 20, 2006 Authors: Chetcuti, P A J, Crabbe, D C G Source Type: info
Clinician reviewers in birth defects surveillance programs: Survey of the National Birth Defects Prevention Network
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - October 19, 2006 Authors: Angela E. Lin, Mathias B. Forrester, Christopher Cunniff, Cathleen A. Higgins, Marlene Anderka Source Type: info
National estimates and race/ethnic-specific variation of selected birth defects in the United States, 1999-2001
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - October 19, 2006 Authors: Mark A. Canfield, Margaret A. Honein, Nataliya Yuskiv, Jian Xing, Cara T. Mai, Julianne S. Collins, Owen Devine, Joann Petrini, Tunu A. Ramadhani, Charlotte A. Hobbs, Russell S. Kirby, for the National Birth Defects Prevention Network Source Type: info
The effects of indomethacin tocolysis on the postnatal response of the ductus arteriosus to indomethacin in extremely low birth weight infants
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - October 19, 2006 Authors: L Cordero
C A Nankervis
D Gardner
P J Giannone Source Type: info
Inter-rater agreement of assessed prenatal maternal occupational exposures to lead
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - October 18, 2006 Authors: Adolfo Correa, Yuan-I Min, Patricia Ann Stewart, Peter S. J. Lees, Patrick Breysse, Mustafa Dosemeci, Leila W. Jackson Source Type: info
Problems in using birth certificate files in the capture-recapture model to estimate the completeness of case ascertainment in a population-based birth defects registry in New York State
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - October 17, 2006 Authors: Ying Wang, Charlotte M. Druschel, Philip K. Cross, Syni-An Hwang, Lenore J. Gensburg Source Type: info
In this issue
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 17, 2006 Source Type: info
Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 without the Down syndrome phenotype
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 17, 2006 Authors: M. Aguinaga, G. Razo, J. Castro, D. G. Mayén-Molina Source Type: info
The "Consecutive Combined Test" - using Double test from week 8 + 0 and Nuchal Translucency Scan, for first trimester screening for Down Syndrome
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 16, 2006 Authors: Kirsten Marie Schiøtt, Michael Christiansen, Olav Bjørn Petersen, Tina Lind Sørensen, Niels Uldbjerg Source Type: info
Gene duplications in 21-hydroxylase deficiency: the importance of accurate molecular diagnosis in carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - October 16, 2006 Authors: B. Ezquieta, M. Beneyto, R. Muñoz-Pacheco, R. Barrio, M. Oyarzabal, J. L. Lechuga, C. Luzuriaga, F. Hermoso, S. Quinteiro, S. Martinez Source Type: info
Descriptive epidemiology of Down's syndrome in Estonia
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Commentary. Hypothetical inference is not direct evidence: further evidence of an association between supine sleep and apparently life-threatening event is required
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Mexican women in California: differentials in maternal morbidity between foreign and US-born populations
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Low birthweight and mortality: the tendency to repeat low birthweight and its association with early neonatal and infant morbidity and mortality
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
Increased incidence of apparently life-threatening events due to supine position
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - October 16, 2006 Source Type: info
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