Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children.

30 Jul 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: We examined whether small body size at birth and prenatal tobacco or alcohol exposure predict poor sleep and more sleep disturbances in children. DESIGN: An epidemiologic cohort study of 289 eight-year-old children born at term. ... Read more...

Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4-9 in Taiwan.

20 May 2009 AIM: To investigate the effects of age, gender, prenatal/perinatal factors, and maternal psychological distress on childhood emotional/behavioral problems, and the gender difference in the patterns of comorbid emotional/behavioral problems. METHODS: ... Read more...

Cognitive function at 3 years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs.

14 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Fetal exposure of animals to antiepileptic drugs at doses lower than those required to produce congenital malformations can produce cognitive and behavioral abnormalities, but cognitive effects of fetal exposure of humans to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Genetic counseling for teratogenic risk due to exposure to medications: 89 pregnancies conceived during oral contraceptive use. 29 Jun 2009
• Demographic and perinatal factors for behavioral problems among children aged 4-9 in Taiwan. 20 May 2009
• Cognitive function at 3 years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs. 14 Apr 2009
• Universal or targeted screening for fetal alcohol exposure: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 30 Mar 2009
• [Neonatal seizures caused by lamotrigin withdrawal?] 22 Mar 2009
• The impact of maternal smoking on fast auditory brainstem responses. 25 Feb 2009
• Investigating whether adverse prenatal and perinatal events are associated with non-clinical psychotic symptoms at age 12 years in the ALSPAC birth cohort. 10 Feb 2009
• A case-comparison study of executive functions in alcohol-dependent adults with maternal history of alcoholism. 2 Feb 2009
• Visual evoked potentials in infants of diabetic mothers: relations to clinical and metabolic status during pregnancy and delivery. 29 Jan 2009
• [Childhood of the schizophrenic patient] 30 Dec 2008
• Infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: Jordan University hospital-based study. 30 Dec 2008
• Markers of fetal onset adult diseases: a comparison among low birthweight and normal birthweight adolescents. 30 Dec 2008
• Strengthening the case: prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with increased risk for conduct disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Prenatal immune challenge induces developmental changes in the morphology of pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in rats. 10 Nov 2008
• Developmental immunotoxicology (DIT): windows of vulnerability, immune dysfunction and safety assessment. 29 Sep 2008
• Neuropsychological study of FASD in a sample of American Indian children: processing simple versus complex information. 28 Sep 2008
• Which environments for G x E? A user perspective on the roles of trauma and structural discrimination in the onset and course of schizophrenia. 10 Sep 2008
• Development of Canadian screening tools for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 3 Sep 2008
• Prenatal environmental exposures and child health: Minnesota's role in the National Children's Study. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects'

Definition: The consequences of exposing the FETUS in utero to certain factors, such as NUTRITION; STRESS; DRUGS; RADIATION; and other physical or chemical factors. These consequences are observed later in the offspring after BIRTH.

Descriptor UI: D011297

Alternative terms: Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Delayed Effects, Prenatal Exposure; Late Effects, Prenatal Exposure;

Related Mesh Headings: Maternal Exposure; Paternal Exposure;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703.824.500;

Online Note: search PRENATAL INFLUENCES under PREGNANCY 1966-72

History Note: 82; PRENATAL INFLUENCES was heading 1963-72

Technical Notes: for mammals only; note PRECONCEPTION INJURIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE & PATERNAL EXPOSURE are available for environmental exposure of mother or father; check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY