Is it time to revisit the Pedersen hypothesis in the face of the obesity epidemic?

PM Catalano, S Hauguel-De Mouzon - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Pedersen hypothesis was formulated more than 50 years ago. Jorgen Pedersen
primarily cared for women with type 1 diabetes. He suggested that fetal overgrowth was …

Maternal immunization

SB Omer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Maternal Immunization | New England Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New
England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search SEARCH SPECIALTIES Cardiology …

[PDF][PDF] Inflammatory pathways in female reproductive health and disease

HN Jabbour, KJ Sales, RD Catalano, JE Norman - Reproduction, 2009 - Citeseer
Inflammation involves alterations to vascular and immune cell function. It is well recognised
that many physiological reproductive events such as ovulation, menstruation, implantation …

Effect of levothyroxine supplementation on pregnancy loss and preterm birth in women with subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity: a systematic review …

M Rao, Z Zeng, F Zhou, H Wang, J Liu… - Human reproduction …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) and thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) are
associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as pregnancy loss and preterm birth …

Inflammatory cytokines and spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women: a systematic review

SQ Wei, W Fraser, ZC Luo - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association between inflammatory cytokines and the risk of
spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women. DATA SOURCES: We searched …

Spontaneous preterm birth: advances toward the discovery of genetic predisposition

JF Strauss III, R Romero, N Gomez-Lopez… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence from family and twin-based studies provide strong support for a significant
contribution of maternal and fetal genetics to the timing of parturition and spontaneous …

Preterm birth, intrauterine infection, and fetal inflammation

MW Kemp - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Preterm birth (PTB)(delivery before 37 weeks' gestation) is a leading cause of neonatal
death and disease in industrialized and developing countries alike. Infection (most notably …

Urinary phthalate metabolites and biomarkers of oxidative stress in pregnant women: a repeated measures analysis

KK Ferguson, TF McElrath, YH Chen… - Environmental …, 2015 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Phthalate exposure occurs readily in the environment and has been associated
with an array of health end points, including adverse birth outcomes. Some of these may be …

Endometrial inflammation and effect on implantation improvement and pregnancy outcome

I Granot, Y Gnainsky, N Dekel - Reproduction, 2012 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Implantation failure, which is presently the major barrier in human fertility, is attributed, in
many cases, to the failure of the uterus to acquire receptivity. The transition into a receptive …

Poor sleep quality is associated with preterm birth

ML Okun, CD Schetter, LM Glynn - Sleep, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Preterm birth (PTB) is a major public health priority and the most
common adverse pregnancy outcome. Several risk factors have been identified, but a gap in …