Background Despite advances in pediatric health care over recent decades, it is not clear
whether survival in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) is still increasing. Methods …

Background Cannabinoids including cannabidiol have recognized genotoxic activities but
their significance has not been studied broadly epidemiologically across the teratological …

BACKGROUND The development of congenital heart disease (CHD) is multifactorial with
genetic and environmental influences. We sought to determine the relationship between …

Background We conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to address the open
question of a possible association between the socioeconomic level of the neighborhoods in …

BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs of approximately 22 nucleotides in
length, and play important regulatory roles in normal heart development and the …

Background Previous studies have shown that socioeconomic position is inversely
associated with stillbirth risk, but the impact on national rates in Europe is not known. We …

Background: Pregnant women are often ill-prepared for the health of their unborn child in the
case of abnormal findings, and experience several difficulties following the detection of fetal …

Background Increasing survival among patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) has
recently been reported. However, the impact of Down syndrome (DS) in patients with CHD is …

Objective To describe how terminations of pregnancy at gestational ages at or above the
limit for stillbirth registration are recorded in routine statistics and to assess their impact on …

Background The detection of an abnormality during prenatal screening implies that the
parents are informed about possible treatment and management of the pregnancy, birth, and …