Background Maternal diabetes increases the risk of neural tube defects in offspring. Our previous study demonstrated that the green tea polyphenol, Epigallocatechin gallate, inhibits high glucose-induced neural tube defects in…
Background Noninvasive prenatal screening has become an increasingly prevalent choice for women who desire aneuploidy screening. Although the test characteristics are impressive, some women are at increased risk for noninvasive…
Background Maternal type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus are strongly associated with high rates of severe structural birth defects, including congenital heart defects. Studies in type 1 diabetic embryopathy animal…
Background Pregnant and postpartum women may be at increased risk of violent death including homicide and suicide relative to nonpregnant women, but US national data have not been reported since…
Background Decorin, a leucine-rich proteoglycan that is produced by decidual cells, limits invasion and endovascular differentiation of extravillous trophoblast cells during early placentation by binding to multiple tyrosine kinase receptors,…
Background Little is known about racial-ethnic differences in the distribution of maternal serum levels of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors and their associations with early-onset preeclampsia. Objective We sought to investigate…
Background The risk of preterm birth increases with plurality. However, data are limited about the role of cervical length in triplet pregnancies and how the greater predisposition for preterm birth…
Background The incidence of opioid-related death in women has increased 5-fold over the past decade. For many women, their initial opioid exposure will occur in the setting of routine medical…
Background A history of preeclampsia is associated with an increased risk of subsequent preeclampsia, but it is unclear whether women with prior preeclampsia are at increased risk of having a…
Materials and Methods This is a retrospective case series of patients diagnosed with cesarean scar pregnancy or cervical pregnancy, between 6 and 8 weeks’ gestations, referred to New York University…
