This is a selection of articles from the February 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Perinatology & Neonatology headlines.
Molecular cytogenetic characterisation of an interstitial deletion 12p detected by prenatal diagnosis
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 28, 2007 Authors: Markus Stumm, Eva Klopocki, Adam Gasiorek-Wiens, Ute Knoll, Deni Wirjadi, Nanette Sarioglu, Rolf-Dieter Wegner, Holger Tönnies Source Type: info
Reliability analysis on ductus venosus assessment at 11-14 weeks' gestation in a high-risk population
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 28, 2007 Authors: Antoni Borrell, Marimer Perez, Francesc Figueras, Eva Meler, Anna Gonce, Eduard Gratacos Source Type: info
Attitudes to prenatal testing and termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality: a comparison of white and Pakistani women in the UK
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 24, 2007 Authors: Jenny Hewison, Josephine M. Green, Shenaz Ahmed, Howard S. Cuckle, Janet Hirst, Clare Hucknall, Jim G. Thornton Source Type: info
In utero-initiated cancer: The role of reactive oxygen species
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - February 21, 2007 Authors: Joanne Wan, Louise M. Winn Source Type: info
Inhibition of histone deacetylase as a new mechanism of teratogenesis
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - February 21, 2007 Authors: Elena Menegola, Francesca Di Renzo, Maria Luisa Broccia, Erminio Giavini Source Type: info
Cell signaling (mechanism and reproductive toxicity): Redox chains, radicals, electrons, relays, conduit, electrochemistry, and other medical implications
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - February 21, 2007 Authors: Peter Kovacic, Robert S. Pozos Source Type: info
Thoracic skeletal defects and cardiac malformations: A common epigenetic link?
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - February 21, 2007 Authors: Andrea D. Weston, Terence R.S. Ozolin[scaron], Nigel A. Brown Source Type: info
Mechanism of teratogenesis: Electron transfer, reactive oxygen species, and antioxidants
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews - February 21, 2007 Authors: Peter Kovacic, Ratnasamy Somanathan Source Type: info
Placental transfer of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA)
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 16, 2007 Authors: Berthold KoletzkoElvira LarquéHans Demmelmair Source Type: info
Does fish oil prevent preterm birth?
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 16, 2007 Authors: Niels Jørgen Secher Source Type: info
Role of omega 3-fatty acids and multivitamins in gestation
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 16, 2007 Authors: Irene HösliRosanna Zanetti-DaellenbachWolfgang HolzgreveOlav Lapaire Source Type: info
Prenatal and early postnatal fatty acid status and neurodevelopmental outcome
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 16, 2007 Authors: Mijna Hadders-AlgraHylco BouwstraSaskia A. van GoorD.A. Janneke Dijck-BrouwerFrits A.J. Muskiet Source Type: info
Consumption of ω3-fatty acids during perinatal life: role in immuno-modulation and allergy prevention
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 16, 2007 Authors: Nicole BlümerHarald Renz Source Type: info
Moral distress in the neonatal intensive care unit: caregivers experience
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - February 15, 2007 Authors: A JanvierS NadeauM DeschênesE CoutureK J Barrington Source Type: info
Avoiding endotracheal intubation of neonates undergoing laser surgery for retinopathy of prematurity
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - February 15, 2007 Authors: D D WoodheadD K LambertD A MolloyN SchmutzE RighterV L BaerR D Christensen Source Type: info
Movement, imaging and neurobehavioral assessment as predictors of cerebral palsy in preterm infants
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Source: Journal of Perinatology - February 15, 2007 Authors: J C ConstantinouE N Adamson-MacedoM MirmiranB E Fleisher Source Type: info
Proinflammatory macrophage migratory inhibition factor and interleukin-6 are concentrated in pleural effusion of human fetuses with prenatal chylothorax
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 14, 2007 Authors: Ming Chen, Chang-Yao Hsieh, Jin-Chung Shih, Chia-Hung Chou, Gwo-Chin Ma, Tze-Ho Chen, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Horng-Der Tsai, Alan D. Cameron, Chih-Ping Chen Source Type: info
Prenatal diagnosis of Delleman syndrome
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 13, 2007 Authors: Peter C. Brugger, Wolfgang Arzt, Daniela Prayer Source Type: info
Midtrimester maternal serum inhibin A levels after multifetal pregnancy reduction
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 13, 2007 Authors: Heng-Ju Chen, Lee-Wen Huang, Yu-Hung Lin, Kok-Min Seow, Bih-Chwen Hsieh, Jiann-Loung Hwang, Chii-Ruey Tzeng Source Type: info
Sacrococcygeal teratoma in a fetus with prenatally diagnosed partial trisomy 10q (10q24.3[rarr]qter) and partial monosomy 17p (p13.3[rarr]pter)
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 13, 2007 Authors: Cem Batukan, Mahmut Tuncay Ozgun, Mustafa Basbug, Okay Caglayan, Munis Dundar, Nurcan Murat Source Type: info
In this issue
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: In this issue Source Type: info
Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Book review Source Type: info
A continuous-scale measure of child development for population-based epidemiological surveys: a preliminary study using Item Response Theory for the Denver Test
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Child development Source Type: info
Determinants of developmental delay in infants aged 12 months
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Child development Source Type: info
Did you spot?
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Did you spot? Source Type: info
Maternal sensitivity concerning aetiological research into childhood cancer: results of preliminary focus groups
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Other original articles Source Type: info
Vaginal birth after caesarean delivery: does maternal age affect safety and success?
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Caesarean section Source Type: info
Effect of maternal asthma on birthweight and neonatal outcome in a British inner-city population
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Other original articles Source Type: info
A public health collaboration for the surveillance of autism spectrum disorders
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Study methodology Source Type: info
Paternal occupation and neural tube defects: a case–control study based on the Oxford Record Linkage Study register
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Other original articles Source Type: info
Breast feeding and mental and motor development at 12 months in a low-income population in northeast Brazil
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Child development Source Type: info
Rates of caesarean section: analysis of global, regional and national estimates
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Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - February 12, 2007 Tags: Caesarean section Source Type: info
Free fetal DNA in maternal plasma in anembryonic pregnancies: confirmation that the origin is the trophoblast
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 10, 2007 Authors: M. Alberry, D. Maddocks, M. Jones, M. Abdel Hadi, S. Abdel-Fattah, N. Avent, P. W. Soothill Source Type: info
Single umbilical artery and its siding in the second trimester of pregnancy: relation to chromosomal defects
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Marek Lubusky, Ishraq Dhaifalah, Martin Prochazka, Jiri Hyjanek, Ivana Mickova, Katherine Vomackova, Jiri Santavy Source Type: info
Two-way trafficking of Annexin V positive cells between mother and fetus: determination of apoptosis at delivery
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: A. Kolialexi, G.Th Tsangaris, A. Anagnostopoulos, D. Chondros, V. Bagiokos, S. Kitsiou, E. Kanavakis, A. Mavrou Source Type: info
Complete chorioamniotic membrane separation with fetal restrictive dermopathy in two consecutive pregnancies
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Young Nam Kim, Dae Hoon Jeong, Su Jeon Jeong, Moon Su Sung, Mi Seon Kang, Ki Tae Kim Source Type: info
Advantages of multiple markers and polar body analysis in preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Alagille disease
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: P. Renbaum, B. Brooks, Y. Kaplan, T. Eldar-Geva, E J. Margalioth, E. Levy-Lahad, G. Altarescu Source Type: info
Secondary infertility as a late complication of vesico-amniotic shunt therapy
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: M. M. Kamphuis, F. Lim, F. J. Klumper, D. Oepkes Source Type: info
External quality assessment of rapid prenatal detection of numerical chromosomal aberrations using molecular genetic techniques: 3 years experience
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: S. C. Ramsden, K. Mann, C. McConnell, R. Hastings Source Type: info
Does vaginal bleeding influence first-trimester markers for Down syndrome?
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: J. Heinig, J. Steinhard, R. Schmitz, J. R. Nofer, R. Witteler, A. Mosel, A. Ahrens, L. Kiesel, W. Klockenbusch Source Type: info
Book review
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 8, 2007 Authors: Ron Lemire Source Type: info
Complete discrepancy between QF-PCR analysis of uncultured villi and karyotyping of cultured cells in the prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 21 in three CVS
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Jonathan J. Waters, Kathy Mann, Lee Grimsley, Caroline Mackie Ogilvie, Celia Donaghue, Leonie Staples, Alison Hills, Tracey Adams, Christine Wilson Source Type: info
Confined blood chimerism in monochorionic dizygous (MCDZ) twins
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Susan P. Walker, Simon Meagher, Susan M. White Source Type: info
An epidemiological study of holoprosencephaly from a regional congenital anomaly register: 1995-2004
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: S. Ong, A. Tonks, E. R. Woodward, M. P. Wyldes, M. D. Kilby Source Type: info
Microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome evaluated by prenatal karyotyping, FISH and array comparative genomic hybridization
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Colyn Cargile Cain, Daniel Saul, Lisa Attanasio, Erin Oehler, Ada Hamosh, Karin Blakemore, Gail Stetten Source Type: info
Major fetal abnormalities associated with positive screening tests for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS)
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 8, 2007 Authors: Wendy Y. Craig, James E. Haddow, Glenn E. Palomaki, Marie Roberson Source Type: info
Evaluation of the general practice research database congenital heart defects prevalence: Comparison to United Kingdom national systems
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Keele E. Wurst, Sara A. Ephross, James Loehr, Douglas W. Clark, Harry A. Guess Source Type: info
In memoriam
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Robert L. Brent Source Type: info
DNA adducts in human placenta exposed to ambient environment and passive cigarette smoke during pregnancy
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Mrinal K. Sanyal, Derya Mercan, Kathleen Belanger, Regina M. Santella Source Type: info
Maternal plasma pyridoxal-5[prime]-phosphate concentrations and risk of isolated oral clefts in the Philippines
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Tsunenobu Tamura, Ronald G. Munger, Buena Nepomuceno, Christopher Corcoran, Joselito Cembrano, Florentino Solon Source Type: info
Cardiovascular abnormalities in Folr1 knockout mice and folate rescue
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Huiping Zhu, Bogdan J. Wlodarczyk, Melissa Scott, Wei Yu, Michelle Merriweather, Janee Gelineau-van Waes, Robert J. Schwartz, Richard H. Finnell Source Type: info
Placental growth patterns affect birth weight for given placental weight
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 7, 2007 Authors: Carolyn M. Salafia, Jun Zhang, Richard K. Miller, Adrian K. Charles, Patrick Shrout, Wenyu Sun Source Type: info
Isolated left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: cardiac axis and displacement before fetal viability has no role in predicting postnatal outcome
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 6, 2007 Authors: Karim D. Kalache, Monika Mkhitaryan, Christian Bamberg, Charles Christoph Roehr, Roland Wauer, Harald Mau, Rainer Bollmann Source Type: info
Whole genome amplification from a single cell: a new era for preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 5, 2007 Authors: Serdar Coskun, Osama Alsmadi Source Type: info
First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPP-A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 5, 2007 Authors: Nicholas J. Cowans, Kevin Spencer Source Type: info
Second-trimester uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index and maternal serum PP13 as markers of pre-eclampsia
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 5, 2007 Authors: Kevin Spencer, Nicholas J. Cowans, Ilana Chefetz, Joseph Tal, Ido Kuhnreich, Hamutal Meiri Source Type: info
Foetal magnetic resonance imaging and echogenic bowel
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 5, 2007 Authors: Xavier Carcopino, Kathia Chaumoitre, Raha Shojai, Reem Akkawi, Michel Panuel, Léon Boubli, Claude D'ercole Source Type: info
Allelic variants in HOX genes in cryptorchidism
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Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - February 3, 2007 Authors: Yanping Wang, Julia Barthold, Peter A. Kanetsky, Tracy Casalunovo, Erin Pearson, Jeanne Manson Source Type: info
Guest Editorial
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Source: Journal of Perinatal Medicine - February 1, 2007 Authors: Prof. Dr. Luis Cabero RuaProf. Dr. Stephan Schmidt Source Type: info
[A recommendation to avoid umbilical cord prolapse: lying down after rupture of membranes]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Oblasser C Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Pregnancies without prenatal care--which women are potentially affected, what are the inherent fetal risks?]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Günter HH, Scharf A, Hillemanns P, Wenzlaff P, Maul H Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Removal of a broken silastic catheter with a "snare"-catheter in a neonate]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Haase R, Lieser U, Nagel F, Syska J Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Thromboembolic diseases in pregnancy]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Richter ON, Rath W Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Breastfeeding in premature infants]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Herber-Jonat S Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
Maternal serum free-[beta]-chorionic gonadotrophin, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and fetal nuchal translucency thickness at 10-13+6 weeks in relation to co-variables in pregnant Saudi women
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Source: Prenatal Diagnosis - February 1, 2007 Authors: Mohammed-Salleh M. Ardawi, Hasan A. Nasrat, Abdulrahim A. Rouzi, Mohammed H. Qari, Mohammed H. Al-Qahtani, Adel M. Abuzenadah Source Type: info
[Fetal programming: prevention of perinatal acquired predispositions of diseases in later life]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Kainer F Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Comment on Butterwegge: Continuous monitoring of status sub partu--discontinuing fetal pulse oximetry? Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2006; 210: 119-120. ]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Knitza R Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Marfan syndrome in pregnancy: presentation of four cases and discussion]
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie - February 1, 2007 Authors: Tzialidou I, Oehler K, Scharf A, Staboulidou I, Westhoff-Bleck M, Hillemanns P, Günter HH Tags: Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol Source Type: info
[Influence of socio-economic status on the utilization of epidural analgesia during labor]
