“If somebody wants an abortion, nobody should override their decision”: Modern Canadian perspectives on abortion in relation to artificial womb technology by Srishti Hukku, Lisa L. Wynn, Angel M. Foster

“…Recent advancements in artificial womb technology (AWT) – extrauterine gestation – have led to significant bioethical debates on the future of access to abortion. …”
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Effects of Elevated Ambient Temperature on Reproductive Outcomes and Offspring Growth Depend on Exposure Time by Huda Yahia Hamid, Md Zuki Abu Bakar Zakaria, Goh Yong Meng, Abd. Wahid Haron, Noordin Mohamed Mustapha

“…Groups 3 and 4 had prolonged gestation periods, reduced litter sizes, and male-biased sex ratios. …”
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Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: The Possible Effect on the Course of Pregnancy and Fetal Outcomes—A Case Report and Literature Review by Dovile Kielaite, Saule Januskiene, Virginija Paliulyte

“…At the 33rd week of gestation, the patient was admitted to the hospital because of sparse bloody vaginal discharge. …”
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Effects of Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Activities of Cyclooxygenases and Levels of Prostaglandins E2 and F2α Metabolites, in the Offspring of Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Di... by Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ghaleb A. Oriquat, Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Othman A. Al Hanbali, Maher D. Salim

“…Pregnant control (group 1; n=9; and group 2; n=7) or pregnant diabetic (group 3; n=10; and group 4; n=8) rats were treated daily with either LA (groups 2 and 4) or vehicle (groups 1 and 3) between gestational days 0 and 15. On day 15 of gestation, the fetuses, placentas, and membranes were dissected, examined morphologically, and then homogenized, to measure cyclooxygenase (COX) activities and metabolisms of prostaglandin (PG) E2 (PGEM) and PGF2α (PGFM) levels. …”
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Massive Subchorionic Thrombohematoma (Breus’ Mole) Associated with Fetal Growth Restriction, Oligohydramnios, and Intrauterine Fetal Death by Miyuki Miyagi, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru, Hayase Nitta, Hitoshi Masamoto, Yoichi Aoki

“…Doppler examination showed absence of end-diastolic velocity of the umbilical artery. At 22 weeks of gestation, the patient had a stillbirth weighing 138g. …”
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Cystic Hygroma and Monosomy X by Aykut Özek, Mert Turğal, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…We describe a case of cystic hygroma associated with monosomy X and termination of pregnancy at 14 weeks of gestation. …”
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Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Pregnancy Discordant for Bladder Exstrophy by William Tu, Jane Chueh, William Kennedy

“…A 38 year-old woman presented with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy at gestational age of 32 weeks concerning for an abdominal wall mass in one of the twins. …”
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Periodic solutions of a delayed predator-prey model with stage structure for predator by Rui Xu, M. A. J. Chaplain, F. A. Davidson

“…A periodic time-dependent Lotka-Volterra-type predator-prey model with stage structure for the predator and time delays due to negative feedback and gestation is investigated. Sufficient conditions are derived, respectively, for the existence and global stability of positive periodic solutions to the proposed model.…”
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Splenic Artery Aneurysm Case Report by Pouya Abhari, Sina Abhari, Anwar Jackson, Ahmed S. Z. Moustafa, Leo Mercer, Mohammad Ashraf

“…In this paper, a case of splenic artery aneurysm rupture at 34 weeks of gestation with both maternal and fetal survival is presented.…”
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Sex differences in the relationship between maternal and foetal glucocorticoids in a free-ranging large mammal by Amin, Bawan, Fishman, Ruth, Quinn, Matthew, Matas, Devorah, Palme, Rupert, Koren, Lee, Ciuti, Simone

“…These maternal effects may begin during gestation, when maternal glucocorticoid (GC) levels may affect foetal GC levels, thereby having an organizational effect on the offspring phenotype. …”
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The efficiency of interferon stimulated gene 15 expression in peripheral blood for early pregnancy prediction in Awassi ewes by Eman H. Lazim, Khawla A. Hussein, Dhafer M. Aziz

“…Blood samples were collected on 0, 6, 15, and 25 days of gestation to measure ISG15 expression levels using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). …”
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Role Of Low Dose Aspirin In Preventing Preterm Birth In Patients With Previous History Of Preterm Delivery by Maliha Sadaf, Aasia Saleem, Tallat Farkhanda, Khansa Iqbal, Sabeen Ashraf, Amna Iftikhar

“… Objective: Preterm birth (PTB) occurs between 24-37 weeks of gestation. The important risk factor for PTB is a previous PTB and currently progesterone is used for the management of recurrent spontaneous PTB. …”
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Morphology and biochemical variables in rats’placentas with pregestational visceral obesity by Catherina Capote Guitian, Nínive Núñez López, Gladys González Aguilar, Amanda Llanes Tamayo, Maryanis Mosqueda Furones, Gipsis Suárez Román

“…Euthanasia was performed on days 14 and 17 of gestation and fetal weight and macroscopic, microscopic and biochemical variables at the placental level were determined.…”
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High Seropositivity of Brucella melitensis Antibodies among Pregnant Women Attending Health Care Facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Helmut A. Nyawale, Michael Simchimba, Joseph Mlekwa, Fridolin Mujuni, Elieza Chibwe, Prosper Shayo, Elifuraha B. Mngumi, Khadija S. Majid, Mtebe Majigo, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…On the multivariate logistic regression analysis, as the gestation age increases, the odds of being seropositive decreases (aOR:0.972 (95% CI: 0.945-0.999), P=0.045). …”
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Long-Term Outcome of Thrombolytic Therapy for Massive Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy by Sy Van Hoang, Anh Tuan Vo, Kha Minh Nguyen

“…A 25-year-old pregnant woman presented at 12 weeks of gestation with syncope and shortness of breath caused by massive pulmonary embolism. …”
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Misdiagnosed Uterine Rupture of an Advanced Cornual Pregnancy by Christian Linus Hastrup Sant, Poul Erik Andersen

“…We report a case of a misdiagnosed ruptured cornual pregnancy occurring at 21 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound examination and computer tomography revealed no sign of abnormal pregnancy. …”
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Sunburn as a Cause of Unexpected Neutrophilia in a Healthy Pregnant Woman by Robert Harper

“…A 31-year-old woman, Gravida 3, Para 2 at 28 weeks of gestation, presented to the day assessment unit following routine blood tests that showed an unexpected marked neutrophilia. …”
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Stability and Bifurcation Analysis on an Ecoepidemiological Model with Stage Structure and Time Delay by Lingshu Wang, Guanghui Feng

“…An ecoepidemiological predator-prey model with stage structure for the predator and time delay due to the gestation of the predator is investigated. The effects of a prey refuge with disease in the prey population are concerned. …”
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A Rare Case of Transient Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis in Pregnancy by Dennis Narcisse, Manyoo Agarwal, Aneel Kumar

“…We report a case of a previously healthy 23-year-old female at 30 weeks of gestation who presented with proximal RTA and had spontaneous resolution of the condition shortly after delivery.…”
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Undescended testis. by Rafael Trinchet Soler, Manuel García Artiles, Ivonne López Masó, Leticia B. Montero Roca

“…Undescended testis constitute one of the most common congenital anomalies in newborn; it affects more than 3% of the children were born at the end of the gestation, and until 33% of premature infants. Surgical treatment reduces the risk of torsion, facilitates the exploration of the testicle, improves the endocrine function of the same one, make a scrotum with normal appearance and it is based on the theory that the early intervention prevents the secondary degeneration of the testicles caused by the high temperatures to those that it is subjected outside of the bag escrotal. …”
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