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The Vaccines and Medications in Pregnancy Surveillance System (VAMPSS) has been designed to assess systematically the safety of vaccines and medications during pregnancy and is suited ideally to evaluate the gestational safety of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine and influenza antivirals. VAMPS...
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PMID: 21333964
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This document adopts as a final rule the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) proposal to amend VA adjudication, medical, and vocational rehabilitation and employment regulations to incorporate relevant provisions of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003. Specifically, this document amends VA regulation...
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PMID: 21275190
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Yoshiyuki Yamada,
Akira Nishi,
Yoshifumi Ebara,
Masahiko Kato,
Hideki Yamamoto,
Hideaki Morita,
Ichiro Nomura,
Kenji Matsumoto,
Junko Hirato,
Shin-itsu Hatakeyama,
Norio Suzuki and
Yasuhide Hayashi
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We present Japanese cases of EGIDs in infants.
Five patients diagnosed with or strongly suspected to have EGIDs in our hospital from 2008 to 2010 were reviewed. Radiographic contrast enema examinations and/or endoscopies were performed in 4 and 3 patients, respectively....
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PMID: 21646794
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We report two cases of Nigerian adults with longstanding, recurrent constipation, getting relieved by laxatives and herbal enemata, and then presented to our Emergency Department with a history of progressive abdominal distention, colicky pain, occasional vomiting, and weight loss. Per rectal examin...
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PMID: 21860150
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To examine the performance of the 11-13 weeks scan in detecting non-chromosomal abnormalities.
Prospective first-trimester screening study for aneuploidies, including basic examination of the fetal anatomy, in 45 191 pregnancies. Findings were compared to those at 20-...
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PMID: 21210483
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We propose some classifications and guidelines to prevent synmastia....
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PMID: 20948424
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Congenital anomalies encompass a wide range of malformations that could affect various organs and tissues in the newborn and infant population. These disorders that involve defects in or injury to a developing fetus may be a result of genetic abnormalities or mutations, alterations i...
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PMID: 20196647
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A 16-year-old adolescent girl presented with chronic pelvic pain. Pelvic ultrasound and MRI showing a uterus didelphys, normal left uterus and cervix, right pelvic fluid collection and right unilateral renal agenesis. After two unsuccessful vaginal surgeries for drainage of hematotrachelos and creat...
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PMID: 20813328
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Jonathan M JM Levine,
Peter V PV Scrivani,
Thomas J TJ Divers,
Martin M Furr,
I Joe IJ Mayhew,
Stephen S Reed,
Gwendolyn J GJ Levine,
Jonathan H JH Foreman,
Christen C Boudreau,
Brent C BC Credille,
Brett B Tennent-Brown and
Noah D ND Cohen
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Case horses were younger (median age, 2 years) than were control horses (median age, 7 years). Thoroughbreds, warmbloods, and Tennessee Walking Horses were overrepresented in the CVM group. Gait asymmetry and cervical hyperesthesia were frequently detected in horses with CVM. Vertebral canal stenosi...
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PMID: 20919847
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To evaluate the association between living close to solid waste landfill sites and occurrences of cancer and congenital malformations among populations in their vicinity.
Deaths among people living in the municipality of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, between 1998 and 2002 were selected and geocod...
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PMID: 20882262
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The objective of the study was to estimate the association of pregnant women with varicose veins of lower extremities (VVLE) and the possible risk for adverse birth outcomes and among them different congenital abnormalities (CAs) in their children. Prospectively and medically recorded VVLE were eval...
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PMID: 21033612
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There is no conclusive evidence for increased risk for malformations but paroxetine and possibly fluoxetine use in early pregnancy may be associated with a small increased risk for cardiovascular malformations. Perinatal adverse effects, including respiratory distress and neonatal adaptation problem...
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PMID: 20447455
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Fetal disorders (including congenital malformations) are among the most frequent of causes of intrauterine death. Assessment to detect fetal processes is straightforward: history (prenatal, perinatal, and family); external clinical examination; photographs; whole body radiographs; cytogenetic invest...
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PMID: 20661049
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We present the case of a 62-year-old man with this rare condition. The findings from the plain computed tomography and computed tomography angiogram are described in this report. The common collateral pathways associated with bilateral hypoplasia of the internal carotid arteries, the clinical presen...
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PMID: 20938603
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We can expect to be confronted with new ethical challenges. To be able to respond adequately and timely to current and possible future ethical issues, a prospective and anticipatory ethical analysis is essential. To obtain a first survey of ethical issues that might arise during the different phases...
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PMID: 20163208
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We localized BCS1L in inner mitochondrial membranes. In patient liver, kidney, and heart BCS1L and Rieske protein levels, as well as the amount and activity of complex III, were decreased. Major histopathology was found in kidney and liver with cirrhosis and iron deposition, but of iron-related prot...
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PMID: 20580947
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We report heterozygous variations in BMP7, including a frameshift, missense, and Kozak sequence mutation, in individuals with developmental eye anomalies and a range of systemic abnormalities, including developmental delay, deafness, scoliosis, and cleft palate. We determined that BMP7 is expressed...
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PMID: 20506283
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We conducted a prospective, observational study in a level III multidisciplinary neonatal intensive care unit. We enrolled twenty-five (n=25) neonates undergoing major surgery (for gastroschisis, atresia of the small intestine, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, esophageal atresia, coarctation of the...
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PMID: 20440673
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From its beginning in the fifties the use of ultrasound in gynaecology and obstetrics has expanded extensively. Ultrasound technology has taken us from a time when the mother was our prime focus to the present where it is the unborn baby. Ultrasound assessments may have significant consequences for...
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PMID: 20572118
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We will review the diagnostic performance of the most widely used 3D ultrasound applications in the assessment of fetal anomalies, explain the technique to gain correct 3D images and offer some practical advice for their efficient use. Examples are given to demonstrate the applicability and vividnes...
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PMID: 20572112
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We describe clinico-radiological correlates in thirty-one children (23 boys), aged 1-17 years with a peak GH (growth hormone) levels <7 ng/mL after pharmacological stimuli. Hypoplastic pituitary gland was the most frequent abnormality in children with isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) as com...
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PMID: 20019395
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Triphalangeal thumb is a congenital malformation characterized by an additional phalanx of the thumb. Although surgical treatment of this condition is common practice, in the past this was not generally advised. Therefore, a population with an untreated triphalangeal thumb is still present. The purp...
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PMID: 20561755
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Since many years age for pregnancy in women is increasing with elderly parents whose possibility to get others child is improbable. Diagnosis of major congenital anomalies during a prenatal test or severe surgical complication in neonate period, sometimes on a premature newborn, will be a very diffi...
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PMID: 20623904
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The number of late pregnancies, at 40 years or more has dramatically increased recently, multiplying by more than three, in France, since 1980 (30000 versus 8500). Medical particularities are dominated by higher risks of first trimester miscarriages and Down syndromes. Screening and diagnostic condi...
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PMID: 20623903
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Bronchopulmonary foregut malformations are a heterogeneous but interrelated group of abnormalities that may contain more than one histologic feature. Familiarity with the presentation and imaging features of bronchopulmonary foregut malformations presenting as a congenital mass or mass-like lesion i...
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PMID: 19821253
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The EUROCAT website www.eurocat-network.eu publishes prenatal detection rates for major congenital anomalies using data from European population-based congenital anomaly registers, covering 28% of the EU population as well as non-EU countries. Data are updated annually. This information can be usefu...
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PMID: 20660439
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The total return rate was 57.3%. Total pregnancies reported were 47, with 36 delivering after 20 weeks' gestation. The uterine dehiscence and rupture rates were 14% and 14%, respectively. Fetal anomalies occurred in 4 subsequent pregnancies. Normal conception occurred in 98% of subsequent pregnancie...
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PMID: 20537307
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Survival in hypoplastic left heart syndrome is strongly influenced by the presence of noncardiac abnormalities. Strategies to improve mortality in infants with noncardiac abnormalities should be explored. Presence of chromosomal defects, especially Turner syndrome, should enter decision-management o...
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PMID: 20494032
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Congenital malformations occur in 2-3% of live births, and often represent a special diagnostic and management challenge. Few clinical guidelines exist to assist the neonatologist in the approach to diagnosis and initial management of the malformed newborn. To provide optimal care for these children...
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PMID: 21090093
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We observed may vary widely, reflecting the aetiologic heterogeneity of this group of conditions. Therefore, possible additional defects must be accurately investigated in all newborns with OA....
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PMID: 21089741
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