Pregnancy - Research News and Information

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Expression of Id and ITF-2 genes in the mammary gland during pregnancy.

8 Aug 2008 Id-1 is one of the four related helix-loop-helix Id proteins that act as inhibitors of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors that control cell differentiation, development and carcinogenesis. We... Read more...

Maternal food consumption during pregnancy and the longitudinal development of childhood asthma.

15 Jul 2008 RATIONALE: Maternal diet during pregnancy has the potential to affect airway development and to promote T-helper-2-cell responses during fetal life. This might increase the risk of developing childhood asthma or... Read more...

Cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring for high-risk pregnant women.

Jul 2008 PURPOSE: Cost-minimization is a main topic in present-day health care. Clinicians are urged to keep hospital stays as short as possible, also in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departments. At present stabilized high-risk... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Pregnancy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Expression of Id and ITF-2 genes in the mammary gland during pregnancy. 8 Aug 2008
• [A child in spite of HIV?] Aug 2008
• Maternal food consumption during pregnancy and the longitudinal development of childhood asthma. 15 Jul 2008
• Researchers probe effects of pregnancy, birth on childhood asthma and allergy. 2 Jul 2008
• Cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring for high-risk pregnant women. Jul 2008
• Altered secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor expression in the uterine decidua of tubal compared with intrauterine pregnancy. Jul 2008
• Free thyroxine reference interval in each trimester of pregnancy determined with the Roche Modular E-170 electrochemiluminescent immunoassay. Jul 2008
• Expression of surface CD1d in the extravillous trophoblast cells of early gestational placenta is downregulated in a manner dependent on trophoblast differentiation. 27 Jun 2008
• Altered dendritic cell function in normal pregnancy. Jun 2008
• Reference values for clinical chemistry tests during normal pregnancy. Jun 2008
• Estrogen addition to progesterone for luteal phase support in cycles stimulated with GnRH analogues and gonadotrophins for IVF: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Jun 2008
• The impact of a decline in fecundity and of pregnancy postponement on final number of children and demand for assisted reproduction technology. Jun 2008
• Successful pregnancy in a hemodialysis patient and marked resolution of her nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Jun 2008
• Dietary behaviors, physical activity, and cigarette smoking among pregnant Puerto Rican women. Jun 2008
• Combined associations of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with the outcome of pregnancy. Jun 2008
• Maternal hormones linking maternal body mass index and dietary intake to birth weight. Jun 2008
• Weight-management interventions for pregnant or postpartum women. Jun 2008
• Circulating levels of cytokines during pregnancy: thrombopoietin is elevated in miscarriage. Jun 2008
• Use of time to pregnancy in environmental epidemiology and surveillance. Jun 2008
• [The influence of social and health factors including pregnancy weight gain rate and pre-pregnancy body mass on low birth weight of the infant] Jun 2008

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Technical information about 'Pregnancy'

Definition: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.

Descriptor UI: D011247

Alternative terms: Pregnancy; Pregnancies; Gestation;

Related Mesh Headings: Litter Size; Prenatal Care; Pseudopregnancy; Maternal-Fetal Relations; Pregnant Women;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine; ethics; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: G08.520.769;

History Note: 1963

Technical Notes: IM for articles on normal pregn, NIM as check tag; policy: Manual 18.4+, 28.16+; in children or adolescents, see note under PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; check tag FEMALE also; molar pregn = HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; surrogate pregnancy = SURROGATE MOTHERS; heterotopic pregnancy: see note under PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; for "pregnancy" in non-placental organisms: use OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; or VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN; DF: PREGN