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This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Perinatology & Neonatology headlines.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for myotonic dystrophy type 1: detection of crossover between the gene and the linked marker APOC2 discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 29, 2006 Authors: Georgia Kakourou, Seema Dhanjal, Danny Daphnis, Alpesh Doshi, Sarah Nuttall, Sarah Gotts, Paul Serhal, Joy Delhanty, Joyce Harper, Sioban SenGupta Source Type: journals

Free fetal DNA is not increased before 20 weeks in intrauterine growth restriction or pre-eclampsia discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 28, 2006 Authors: A. Crowley, C. Martin, P. Fitzpatrick, O. Sheils, C. O'Herlihy, J. J. O'Leary, B. M. Byrne Source Type: journals

Two- or three-dimensional ultrasonography to predict pulmonary hypoplasia in pregnancies complicated by preterm premature rupture of the membranes discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: Franca A. Gerards, Jos W. R. Twisk, Willem P. F. Fetter, Liliane C. D. Wijnaendts, John M. G. Van Vugt Source Type: journals

Impact of decision-making in a multidisciplinary perinatal team discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: Hilmar H. Bijma, Agnes Van der Heide, Hajo I. J. Wildschut, Paul J. Van der Maas, Juriy W. Wladimiroff Source Type: journals

Pregnancy and postnatal outcome of mosaic isochromosome 20q discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: W. P. Robinson, B. McGillivray, J. M. Friedman Source Type: journals

Detection of fetomaternal hemorrhage following chorionic villus sampling by Kleihauer Betke test and rise in maternal serum alpha feto protein discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: Richa Katiyar, Alka Kriplani, Nutan Agarwal, Neerja Bhatla, Madhulika Kabra Source Type: journals

Prenatal diagnosis for a novel homozygous mutation in PKLR gene in an Indian family discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: Neerja Gupta, Paola Bianchi, Elisa Fermo, Madhulika Kabra, Prashant Warang, Prabhakar Kedar, Nomeeta Gupta, Roshan Colah Source Type: journals

Parental decisions to abort or continue a pregnancy following prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities in a setting where termination of pregnancy is not legally available discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 27, 2006 Authors: Roberto Quadrelli, Andrea Quadrelli, Búrix Mechoso, Mauricio Laufer, Ciro Jaumandreu, Alicia Vaglio Source Type: journals

Developmental toxic effects of antifungal flusilazole administered by gavage to mice discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - December 23, 2006 Authors: Amina T. Farag, Hala H. Ibrahim Source Type: journals

First trimester exposure to paroxetine and risk of cardiac malformations in infants: the importance of dosage discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - December 22, 2006 Authors: Anick Bérard, Élodie Ramos, Évelyne Rey, Lucie Blais, Martin St.-André, Driss Oraichi Source Type: journals

Antifungal triazole derivative triadimefon induces ectopic maxillary cartilage by altering the morphogenesis of the first branchial arch discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology - December 22, 2006 Authors: Francesca Di Renzo, Maria L. Broccia, Erminio Giavini, Elena Menegola Source Type: journals

Identification of nucleated red blood cells in maternal circulation: A second step in screening for fetal aneuploidies and pregnancy complications discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 22, 2006 Authors: A. Mavrou, E. Kouvidi, A. Antsaklis, A. Souka, S. Kitsiou Tzeli, A. Kolialexi Source Type: journals

Deep-hidden anastomoses in monochorionic twin placentae are harmless discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 22, 2006 Authors: Jeroen P. H. M. van den Wijngaard, Enrico Lopriore, Sandra M. A. van der Salm, Arty H. P. Schaap, Frank P. H. A. Vandenbussche, Marco C. DeRuiter, Martin J. C. van Gemert Source Type: journals

Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal nasal bone length in the second trimester in Korean population discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 22, 2006 Authors: Eui Jung, Hye-Sung Won, Pil Ryang Lee, Ahm Kim Source Type: journals

C21ORF105, A chromosome 21-encoded mRNA, is not a discriminative marker gene for prediction of Down syndrome in maternal plasma discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 22, 2006 Authors: A. T. J. I. Go, A. Visser, M. A. M. Mulders, J. W. R. Twisk, M. A. Blankenstein, J. M. G. van Vugt, C. B. M. Oudejans Source Type: journals

Three-vessel view of the fetal heart: In utero development of the great vessels discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 22, 2006 Authors: Min Hoan Moon, Jeong Yeon Cho, Eun Jung Park, Jee Yeon Min, Jeong-Ah Kim, Sung Il Jung, Mi Jin Song Source Type: journals

Exposure of neural crest cells to elevated glucose leads to congenital heart defects, an effect that can be prevented by N-acetylcysteine discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 22, 2006 Authors: Pauline A. M. Roest, Liesbeth van Iperen, Shirley Vis, Lambertus J. Wisse, Rob E. Poelmann, Regine P. M. Steegers-Theunissen, Daniel G. M. Molin, Ulf J. Eriksson, Adriana C. Gittenberger-De Groot Source Type: journals

[Miscellanea] Nasal trauma due to nasal continuous positive airway pressure in newborns discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Shanmugananda, K, Rawal, J Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Quick identification of febrile neonates with low risk for serious bacterial infection: an observational study discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Marom, R, Sakran, W, Antonelli, J, Horovitz, Y, Zarfin, Y, Koren, A, Miron, D Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Prenatal predictors of mortality in very preterm infants cared for in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Evans, N, Hutchinson, J, Simpson, J M, Donoghue, D, Darlow, B, Henderson-Smart, D, on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Socioeconomic inequalities in very preterm birth rates discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Smith, L K, Draper, E S, Manktelow, B N, Dorling, J S, Field, D J Source Type: journals

[Corrections] CORRECTION discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals

[Fantoms] Fantoms discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Stenson, B. Source Type: journals

[Short reports] Does patent ductus arteriosus affect feed tolerance in preterm neonates? discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Patole, S K, Kumaran, V, Travadi, J N, Brooks, J M, Doherty, D A Source Type: journals

[Case reports] Neonatal arterial thrombus mimicking congenital heart disease discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Kenny, D, Tsai-Goodman, B Source Type: journals

[Short reports] Perinatal and infant autopsy discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Adappa, R, Paranjothy, S, Roberts, Z, Cartlidge, P H T Source Type: journals

[Letters] Magnetic resonance imaging measurement of fetal lung volume does not match postnatal survival discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Gaillot, T, Ferry, M, Beuchee, A, Pladys, P, Betremieux, P Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Chest radiographs after removal of chest drains in neonates: clinical benefit or common practice? discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: van den Boom, J, Battin, M Source Type: journals

[Reviews] Management of fetal growth restriction discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Alberry, M, Soothill, P Source Type: journals

[Perinatal lessons from the past] John Whitridge Williams, MD (1866-1931) of Baltimore: pioneer of academic obstetrics discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Dunn, P M Source Type: journals

[Leading articles] Pulse oximetry for monitoring infants in the delivery room: a review discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Dawson, J A, Davis, P G, O'Donnell, C P F, Kamlin, C O F, Morley, C J Source Type: journals

[Short reports] Palliative care for prenatally diagnosed lethal fetal abnormality discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Breeze, A C G, Lees, C C, Kumar, A, Missfelder-Lobos, H H, Murdoch, E M Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Incidence of infections of ventricular reservoirs in the treatment of post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation: a retrospective study (1992-2003) discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Brouwer, A J, Groenendaal, F, van den Hoogen, A, Verboon-Maciolek, M, Hanlo, P, Rademaker, K J, de Vries, L S Source Type: journals

[Perspectives] Is there a place for "drive thru" management of neonatal fever? Not yet! discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Rudd, P Source Type: journals

[Leading articles] Neonatal anthropometric charts: what they are, what they are not discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Bertino, E, Milani, S, Fabris, C, De Curtis, M Source Type: journals

[Miscellanea] H-type tracheo-oesophageal fistula discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Harjai, M M, Holla, R G, Kale, R, Sharma, Y K Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Less postnatal steroids, more bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a population-based study in very low birthweight infants discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Shinwell, E S, Lerner-Geva, L, Lusky, A, Reichman, B, in collaboration with the Israel Neonatal Network Source Type: journals

[Short reports] Peripheral oxygenation in term neonates discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Pichler, G, Grossauer, K, Klaritsch, P, Kutschera, J, Zotter, H, Muller, W, Urlesberger, B Source Type: journals

[Miscellanea] Necrosis of the left buttock as a complication of umbilical catheterisation in neonatal resuscitation discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Vernooij, C M, Hogeman, P H G, Nikkels, P G J, Blok, C A, Brouwers, H A A Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Critical dependence of acetate thermal mattress on gel activation temperature discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Carmichael, A, McCullough, S, Kempley, S T Source Type: journals

[Reviews] Antenatal risk factors, cytokines and the development of atopic disease in early childhood discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Chung, E K, Miller, R L, Wilson, M T, McGeady, S J, Culhane, J F Source Type: journals

[Miscellanea] Superior sternal cleft, cutaneous, and airway haemangiomas discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Chakkarapani, E, Barnard, I, Couriel, J Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Association of interferon {gamma} T+874A and interleukin 12 p40 promoter CTCTAA/GC polymorphism with the need for respiratory support and perinatal complications in low birthweight neonates discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Bokodi, G, Derzbach, L, Banyasz, I, Tulassay, T, Vasarhelyi, B Source Type: journals

[Original articles] Respiratory outcome in late childhood after neonatal continuous negative pressure ventilation discuss this article
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - December 21, 2006 Authors: Telford, K, Waters, L, Vyas, H, Manktelow, B N, Draper, E S, Marlow, N Source Type: journals

Reduction in orofacial clefts following folic acid fortification of the U.S. grain supply discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 20, 2006 Authors: Mahsa M. Yazdy, Margaret A. Honein, Jian Xing Source Type: journals

Molecular profiles of mitogen activated protein kinase signaling pathways in orofacial development discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 19, 2006 Authors: Saurabh Singh, Xiaolong Yin, M. Michele Pisano, Robert M. Greene Source Type: journals

Genomics and developmental risk assessment discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 19, 2006 Authors: George P. Daston Source Type: journals

Rhabdomyomatous hamartomata of the pharyngeal region with bilateral microtia and aural atresia: A new association? discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 19, 2006 Authors: Margaret P. Adam, Carlos R. Abramowsky, April N. Brady, Karlene Coleman, N. Wendell Todd Source Type: journals

Mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and their role in understanding human neural tube defects discuss this article
Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - December 19, 2006 Authors: Muriel J. Harris, Diana M. Juriloff Source Type: journals

First-trimester fetal limb biometry in Chinese population discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 12, 2006 Authors: Min Chen, Chin Peng Lee, Yung Hang Lam, Chun Quan Ou, Mary Hoi Yin Tang Source Type: journals

Hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin toxicity in the late preterm infant. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Preface. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Emergency department visits and rehospitalizations in late preterm infants. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Feeding problems in the late preterm infant. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Hypoxic respiratory failure in the late preterm infant. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Glucose Metabolism in the Late Preterm Infant. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Epidemiology of late preterm (near-term) births. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Neurodevelopmental outcome of the late preterm infant. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Infection in late preterm infants. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Elective cesarean section and induction and their impact on late preterm births. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Is the late preterm infant more vulnerable to gray matter injury than the term infant? discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

The late preterm infant and the control of breathing, sleep, and brainstem development: a review. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Late preterm gestation: physiology of labor and implications for delivery. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

The impact of multiple gestations on late preterm (near-term) births. discuss this article
Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 8, 2006 Source Type: journals

Computed tomographic reconstruction of a fetus with the dysgnathia complex (agnathia-otocephaly) discuss this article
Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - December 8, 2006 Authors: Priya V. Rajan, Deborah A. Wing, Maureen Bocian, Anna McKeown Source Type: journals

The Evidence for Growth Standards and Iron in Moderation and Exclusive Breastfeeding discuss this article
Source: Breastfeeding Medicine - December 7, 2006 Source Type: journals

Website Reviews discuss this article
Source: Breastfeeding Medicine - December 7, 2006 Source Type: journals

ABM News discuss this article
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