Urine metabolomics and proteomics in prenatal health Daniela Duarte, Maria do Céu Almeida, Pedro Domingues, and Ana M. Gil Main prenatal disorders and challenges related to clinical diagnosis Pregnancy-related disorders comprise maternal and fetal…
Metabolomics and perinatal asphyxia Ernesto d’Aloja, Emanuela Locci, Antonio Noto, Matteo Nioi, Giovanni Bazzano, and Vassilios Fanos Introduction The incidence of neonatal encephalopathy worldwide is still elevated, with a magnitude…
Omics and perinatal medicine Preeclampsia Piya Chaemsaithong and Liona C. Poon Preeclampsia: Disease theory Preeclampsia (PE) is a multisystem disorder of pregnancy traditionally characterized by the onset of hypertension with…
Cost of pregnancy complications related to noncommunicable diseases and cost effectiveness of interventions to address them Anil Kapur, Jon Hyett, and H. David McIntyre Brief introduction to health economics and cost-effectiveness analysis…
Microarrays Melissa Stosic, Jessica L. Giordano, Brynn Levy, and Ronald Wapner Introduction Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) by which chromosomal anomalies beyond the resolution of traditional karyotyping can be identified has…
Metabolomics in normal and pathologic pregnancies Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato, and Sara D’Avino Metabolomics in normal pregnancies The definition of metabolomics is still in flux, and hence, different researchers provide slightly…
Preeclampsia Jon Hyett and Liona C. Poon Introduction Preeclampsia is a relatively common disorder of pregnancy, affecting 2%–5% of women (1–3). It is potentially associated with severe and devastating complications…
Maternal health Immediate, short-, and long-term complications following pregnancy Gil Gutvirtz, Omri Zamstein, and Eyal Sheiner Introduction Pregnancy is a period of extreme change, as maternal physiology needs to adapt rapidly to…
Sleep and pregnancy complications Orna Sever and Riva Tauman Introduction Sleep is an essential biological function in humans. Sleep is governed by two major neural mechanisms: the sleep homeostatic process,…
