Individuals born extremely preterm are at significant risk for impaired neurodevelopment.
After discharge from the neonatal intensive care, associations between the child's well-being …

Inflammation is a physiologic component of pregnancy and parturition. Overwhelming
intrauterine inflammatory load promotes quiescent feto‐maternal tissues into a contractile …

Background No prospective cohort study of high-risk children has used rigorous exposure
assessment and optimal diagnostic procedures to examine the perinatal antecedents of …

Background. Consumption of diversified food during pregnancy found very important and
critical to determine healthy pregnancy outcome. Low dietary diversity has a major adverse …

Background Preterm birth and shorter duration of pregnancy are associated with increased
morbidity in neonatal and later life. As the epigenome is known to have an important role …

Preterm birth contributes significantly to neonatal mortality and morbidity. Despite its global
significance, there has only been limited progress in preventing preterm birth. Spontaneous …

Background Preterm birth is closely associated with a phenotype that includes brain
dysmaturation and neurocognitive impairment, commonly termed Encephalopathy of …

Objective Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with preterm birth (PTB), although
the reason underlying this relationship is still unclear. Our objective was to examine DNA …

Phthalates are non-persistent chemicals used in products of daily necessities. The evidence
on the relationship of prenatal phthalates exposure and preterm birth remain uncertain and …

African Americans are at increased risk for spontaneous preterm birth (PTB). Though PTB is
heritable, genetic studies have not identified variants that account for its intergenerational …