Our article aimed to investigate one plausible environmental cause of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Data support that a permanent shift in the balance of the sympathetic-to-parasympathetic tone as result of…
Hypervascular placental polypoid mass is a possible source of acute hemorrhage after pregnancy. We present a case report and literature review of a rare case after spontaneous miscarriage. We describe…
We report a 44 year old nulligravida Jehovah’s Witness with a known fibroid uterus who presented with menorrhagia and life-threatening anemia. Adamant in her refusal of blood products and deemed…
In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article…
We evaluated the feasibility and operative and postoperative outcomes of office balloon vaginoplasty. Office balloon vaginoplasty was performed successfully for a case with vaginal aplasia. She was currently married and…
Case notes A 63-year-old woman was referred to our institute, because a lesion of the pancreatic tail, an incidental finding during a general health examination, was progressively enlarging. At the…
Several large randomized controlled clinical trials failed to find that standard periodontal therapy during pregnancy reduces the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (eg, preterm birth and low birthweight). However, treating…
In February 2011, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, at its Annual Clinical Meeting, held a debate session. One of the topics debated was whether or not cerclage should be performed…
Five randomized trials have assessed efficacy of cervical cerclage in prevention of preterm birth (PTB) in singleton gestations with prior PTB and a short cervical length (CL) <25 mm <24…
Objective Maternal immunization with oxidized low-density lipoprotein prior to pregnancy prevents pathogenic in utero programming by gestational hypercholesterolemia, but it is unknown whether gestational hypercholesterolemia and maternal immunization affect similar…
