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Definition of IUGR Needs Overhaul (CME/CE)

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The standard definition for intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may be too broad by including many infants who won't have a bad outcome, a study showed.

Fetal aortic wall thickness: a marker of hypertension in IUGR children?

Targeted therapy prevents rare neurodevelopmental disorder seizures

Rapamycin treatment reduces seizure frequency and improves receptive language in patients with polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy syndrome, or Pretzel syndrome, a study finds.

Tightening Up Of Criteria For Definition Of Intrauterine Growth Restriction Suggested By Study

In a study to be presented on February 14 between 1:15 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers wi...

Hannah Warren, Age 21/2, Gets a New Trachea

By Celebrity Diagnosis Meet Hannah Warren. She's a brave 2-1/2-year-old girl who is now the youngest patient to receive a new trachea coated with her own stem cells. Hannah was born in South Korea in...

PerkinElmer Collaborates with the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) to Increase Pre-eclampsia Screening Awareness

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with t...

Clinical strategies for improving the detection of fetal growth restriction.

The single most important condition affecting the viable fetus is intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). IUGR is a common condition, affecting about 10% to 15% of the general maternity population. De...

Case of polyhydramnios complicated by Opitz G/BBB syndrome.

Opitz G/BBB syndrome is a congenital disorder characterized by midline defects, such as hypertelorism, cleft lip and/or palate, hypospadias, and by dysphagia often caused by laryngo-tracheo-esophageal...

Dietary l-arginine supplementation improves the intestinal development through increasing mucosal Akt and mammalian target of rapamycin signals in intra-uterine growth retarded piglets.

Intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR) impairs postnatal growth and development of the small intestine (SI) in neonatal pigs and infants. l-Arginine (Arg), a critical amino acid involved in promoting...

Epigenetics of hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension following intrauterine growth retardation rat: epigenetics in PAH following IUGR.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence reveals that intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) can cause varying degrees of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) later in life. Moreover, epigenetics...

Fetal aortic wall thickness: a marker of hypertension in IUGR children?

Fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) have significant aortic intima-media thickening (aIMT), which suggests that preclinical atherosclerosis might predispose the infants to hypertension...