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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Post-natally"”.
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Clinical Characteristics of the Pediatric Patients with Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Choledochal Cysts
… more reported in the prenatal period. The pre-natally diagnosed choledochal cysts were known to differ from child or adult type. This study could be helpful to understand the pathogenesis of disease. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 31 pediatric patients with the choledochal cysts …
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A low cost, sustainable, locally delivered intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women
… breastfeeding practices in the first six months post-natally. Two community clinics (CCs) were selected as the intervention and control centres respectively. TBAs were trained to deliver breastfeeding and infant feeding advice to mothers, both pre- and post-natally. Demographic characteristics …
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Magnetic resonance imaging and surface-based analysis techniques to quantify growth of the developing brain
… convolutions in the brain because folding occurs post-natally over a period of several weeks, and the brain can be imaged conveniently in small-animal magnetic resonance: MR) scanners. Here, MR imaging was used to acquire three-dimensional image volumes of the ferret brain in vivo at different …
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Cultural and Social Factors Impacting on the Programme to Prevent-Mother-To-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Namibia: a Case Study of the Kavango Region
… women for themselves and their unborn babies, neonatally, during pregnancy and after delivery, particularly in relation to the prevention of transmission of HIV. The thesis further investigates whether women choose alternative services such as traditional healers for medical attention during …
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Non-autonomous regulation of bone mass accrual and the role of T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase in the bone regulation of insulin sensitivity
… differentiation or bone formation accrual post-natally, indicating that the phenotype described in Ebf1 mice is not osteoblast-autonomous. Insulin signaling in osteoblasts contributes to whole body glucose homeostasis in the mouse and in humans by increasing the activity of osteocalcin. The …
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The Role of CASK in Central Nervous System Function and Disorder
… in the X-linked CASK gene in humans are largely post-natally lethal in the hemizygous condition and result in microcephaly with pontine and cerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) and also optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) in heterozygous mutations. Herein, I used various molecular and genetic strategies to …
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Validation of the obese Ossabaw miniature pig as a model of the obese polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype with concomitant metabolic syndrome: exploration of polycystic ovary syndrome pathophysiology using in vivo and in vitro
… disease has not been elucidated. Many pre and post-natally androgenized animal models exist for this disorder but none completely recapitulate both the reproductive and metabolic features of the obese phenotype of PCOS with concomitant metabolic syndrome (MetS). Moreover, although PCOS is …
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Peer Support for Mothers with Postnatal Depression A Pilot Study
Background Postnatal depression (PND) is a global problem and an important public health issue. It is estimated that approximately 15% of women experience depression during the first postnatal year but there are problems in recognition because its clinical assessment can be complex. The incidence …