Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure at 11-Week Gestation with Successful Maternal and Fetal Outcome by Vinaya C. Maddukuri, Courtney D. Stephenson, Lon Eskind, William A. Ahrens, Preston Purdum, Mark W. Russo

“…We discuss management of the patient and fetus before, during, and after liver transplantation and review the literature on antepartum liver transplant in pregnancy.…”
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Self-Centered Function of Adaptive Immunity in Regulation of Immune Responses and in Tolerance by Silvana Balzar

“…In contrast, normal pregnancy is coexistence of semiallogeneic or entirely allogeneic mother and fetus, but without alloreactivity akin to transplantation settings. …”
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THE PERINATAL ANXIETY SCREENING SCALE (PASS) ASSESSMENT OF HIGHRISK PREGNANT WOMEN by Siti Mardianingsih, Rosa Mutianingsih, Baiq Tuhu Abdiani, zulhadi fatawi

“…Conclusion: Anxiety conditions with or without previous symptoms will increase in high-risk third trimester mothers because they feel anxious about the condition of themselves and their fetus. If not treated, it will pose a risk to the mother, fetus and the birth process that will occur.…”
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Management of the Pregnant Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient on Antitumour Necrosis Factor Therapy: State of the Art and Future Directions by Yvette PY Leung, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Cynthia H Seow

“…Because IBD affects women in their reproductive years, clinicians have and will continue to be asked in the future about the safety profile of these agents and their potential impact on pregnancy, the developing fetus and newborn. Immunoglobulin G transfer from the mother to fetus begins in the second trimester, with an elevation starting at 22 weeks of gestation and the largest amount transferred in the third trimester. …”
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New Approaches for Preeclampsia: Review of the Literature by Emel Ebru Özçimen

“…Preeclamptic women should be monitored and definitive therapy is delivery of the fetus. Hypertension in pregnancy carries risk for future in cardiovascular diseases.…”
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CD4+T and CD8+T Cells in Uterus Exhibit Both Selective Dysfunction and Residency Signatures by Shuangpeng Kang, Shuiping Jin, Xueying Mao, BinSheng He, Changyou Wu

“…Unlike T cells in other tissues, uterine T cells must balance strong immune defense against pathogens with tolerance to semiallogeneic fetus. Our previous study fully elucidated the characteristics of γδT cells in nonpregnant uterus and the mechanism modulated by estrogen. …”
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Passive Immunoprophylaxis for the Protection of the Mother and Her Baby: Insights from In Vivo Models of Antibody Transport by Yanqun Xu, Iftekhar Mahmood, Lilin Zhong, Pei Zhang, Evi B. Struble

“…Using pregnant guinea pigs, we demonstrated that biodistribution of administered IgG to the fetus increases with gestation and results in lower maternal and higher fetal antibody concentrations as pregnancy progresses. …”
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Abruptio Placentae Caused by Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis during Pregnancy: Case Report and Literature Review by Pınar Yalcin Bahat, Gokce Turan, Berna Aslan Cetin

“…Hormonal effects during pregnancy can compromise otherwise controlled lipid levels in women with hypertriglyceridemia and predispose to pancreatitis leading to increased morbidity for mother and fetus. Elevation of triglyceride levels is a risk factor for development of pancreatitis if it exceeds 1000 mg/dL. …”
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Giant triple negative pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) in a young woman: From diagnosis to therapy step by step: A case report by Micol Bottalico, Cristiana Boldrini

“…A multidisciplinary approach which involves the radiologist, the breast surgeon, the oncologist and the gynecologist is fundamental to ensure the best prognostic outcomes for both the mother and the fetus.…”
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Viable ectopic pregnancy with hemoperitoneum by Obiozor CG, Obiozor AA

“…The patient was scanned trans-abdominally and findings revealed an empty uterine cavity and a live11 weeks fetus (measured by CRL), The fetus was seen within a gestational sac in the left side of the abdominal cavity floating in a free fluid in keeping with ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy of 11wks duration. …”
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Three-dimensional sonographic findings of diprosopus: a case report and literature review by Qiao Zhou, Enbo Sha, Qian Ding, Chunli Jing

“…In this report, we present a case of a fetus with diprosopus diagnosed prenatally. Along with reviewing relevant literature on prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of diprosopus, we aim to raise awareness of its ultrasound characteristics. …”
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Undetected Severe Fetal Myelosuppression following Administration of High-Dose Cytarabine for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Is More Frequent Surveillance Necessary? by Jessica Parrott, Marium Holland

“…The fetus did not require any transfusions. Conclusion. …”
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The Many Faces of Human Leukocyte Antigen-G: Relevance to the Fate of Pregnancy by Mette Dahl, Snezana Djurisic, Thomas Vauvert F. Hviid

“…Pregnancy is an immunological paradox, where fetal antigens encoded by polymorphic genes inherited from the father do not provoke a maternal immune response. The fetus is not rejected as it would be theorized according to principles of tissue transplantation. …”
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The act of abortion due to rape in the view of ath-tabari in kitab jami' al-bayan fi ta'wil Al-qur'an by Eztika Azzahra Aji, Ahmad Zuhri, Husnel Anwar Matondang, Mardian Idris Harahap

“…Medically defines abortion as a pregnancy that terminates before the gestational age reaches 20 weeks and then results in the death of the fetus. When the fetus is alive or born safely after 20 weeks and before 38 weeks, it is called premature birth because the minimum period of pregnancy is 6 months and 20 weeks means not yet 6 months. …”
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Successful Management of Hemolytic Anemia Due to Rh-immunization, Diagnosed Antenatally by Sevinch Mahmudova, Gulnar Elizade, Nezrin Hesenli, Turab Janbakhishov, Sarkhan Elbayiyev

“…Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) remains a significant concern in maternal-fetal medicine, despite advancements in prevention and management. …”
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Extrinsic Factors Influencing Fetal Deformations and Intrauterine Growth Restriction by Wendy Moh, John M. Graham, Isha Wadhawan, Pedro A. Sanchez-Lara

“…The magnitude and direction of force impact the form of the developing fetus, with a specific tissue response depending on its pliability and stage of development. …”
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Ultrasound diagnosis and monitoring of fetal tachyarrhythmias by Yu.А. Ivaniv, N.V. Lozynska

“…The aim – to evaluate the efficiency of prenatal echocardiography in detecting, differential diagnosis and monitoring fetuses with tachyarrhythmias. Materials and methods. …”
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Maternal Parvovirus B19 Infection Causing First-Trimester Increased Nuchal Translucency and Fetal Hydrops by Olivia Grubman, Farrah Naz Hussain, Zoe Nelson, Lois Brustman

“…The patient delivered a viable male fetus at 37 weeks’ and 6-day gestation, without sequelae of the previously noted hydrops. …”
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Correlations between Placental Thickness and Neonatal Outcomes: A Detailed Analysis at 32 and 36 Weeks by Alka Agrawal, Prachi Shukla, Vivek Yonati, Sapna Ahlawat, Rinku Meena, Deepak Ahlawat, Neelesh Patel

“…Introduction: The placenta helps in supporting the developing fetus by providing essential metabolic, immunological, endocrine, respiratory and nutritional functions. …”
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Use of Cyclosporine in Uterine Transplantation by Srdjan Saso, Karl Logan, Yazan Abdallah, Louay S. Louis, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, J. Richard Smith, Giuseppe Del Priore

“…Its effect on the mother and fetus and its influence upon the graft during pregnancy have been of major concern. …”
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