February 2024 in “European heart journal. Case reports” This case report highlights the need for a multidisciplinary approach in managing complex cardio-obstetric patients, as demonstrated by a pregnant woman with a large pericardial effusion successfully treated with a surgical pericardial window.
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June 2017 in “Reproductive biomedicine online” In this study, the SRD5A2 rs523349 polymorphism was significantly associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, particularly during the second trimester.
This study found that pregnant women experiencing hair loss in the first and second trimesters had significantly lower levels of vitamin D3 and ferritin compared to those not experiencing hair loss, with these levels explained by typical pregnancy physiology.
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January 2018 in “Scientific Reports” This pilot study found that hair metabolome analysis may help differentiate pregnancy complications from healthy pregnancies by revealing significant metabolite differences between trimesters.
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January 2000 in “Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy” This study found that trichothiodystrophy can be diagnosed prenatally in the second trimester using an endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy, with sulfur content analysis being the most reliable test.
