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Natalie Pafitis


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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (ISSN 1471-2393) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.



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Credit: Wikipedia, Daisy Romwall
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:4
Compared with first time teenage pregnancies, second pregnancies during adolescence are associated with a higher risk of perinatal and neonatal mortality, suggesting that the prevention of teenage pregnancies should be a public health objective.


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Research article
Factors associated with lack of postnatal care among Palestinian women: A cross-sectional study of three clinics in the West Bank
Enas Dhaher, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Annette E Maxwell, Alexander Kraemer
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:26 (18July2008)
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Research article
Fetal size in the second trimester is associated with the duration of pregnancy, small fetuses having longer pregnancies.
Synnove L Johnsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Svein Rasmussen, Mark A Hanson, Keith M Godfrey, Torvid Kiserud
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:25 (16July2008)
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Research article
Drug-prescribing patterns during pregnancy in the tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan: a cross sectional study
Dileep K Rohra, Nirmal Das, Syed I Azam, Nazir A Solangi, Zahida Memon, Abdul M Shaikh, Nusrat H Khan
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:24 (15July2008)
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Technical advance
Use of real time continuous glucose monitoring and intravenous insulin in type 1 diabetic mothers to prevent respiratory distress and hypoglycaemia in infants
Dario Iafusco, Fabrizio Stoppoloni, Gennaro Salvia, Gilberto Vernetti, Patrizia Passaro, Goran Petrovski, Francesco Prisco
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:23 (1July2008)
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Research article
The design, implementation and acceptability of an integrated intervention to address multiple behavioral and psychosocial risk factors among pregnant African American women
Kathy S Katz, Susan M Blake, Renee A Milligan, Phyllis W Sharps, Davene B White, Margaret F Rodan, Maryann Rossi, Kennan B Murray
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:22 (25June2008)
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Research article
Acceptability of evidence-based neonatal care practices in rural Uganda implications for programming
Peter Waiswa, Margaret Kemigisa, Juliet Kiguli, Sarah Naikoba, George W Pariyo, Stefan Peterson
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:21 (21June2008)
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Research article
Developing evidence-based maternity care in Iran: a quality improvement study
Siamak Aghlmand, Feizollah Akbari, Aboulfath Lameei, Kazem Mohammad, Rhonda Small, Mohammad Arab
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:20 (13June2008)
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Research article
Long-term effectiveness and costs of a brief self-management intervention in women with pregnancy-related low back pain after delivery
Caroline HG Bastiaenen, Rob A de Bie, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Marille EJB Goossens, Pieter Leffers, Pieter MJC Wolters, Janneke M Bastiaanssen, Piet A van den Brandt, Gerard GM Essed
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:19 (30May2008)
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Study protocol
Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification versus karyotyping in prenatal diagnosis: the M.A.K.E. study
Elisabeth MA Boormans, Erwin Birnie, Hajo I Wildschut, Heleen G Schuring-Blom, Dick Oepkes, Carla AC van Oppen, Jan G Nijhuis, Merryn VE Macville, Angelique JA Kooper, Karin Huijsdens, Maritte VJ Hoffer, Attie Go, Johan Creemers, Shama L Bhola, Katia M Bilardo, Ron Suijkerbuijk, Katelijne Bouman, Robert-Jan H Galjaard, Gouke J Bonsel, Jan MM van Lith
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:18 (20May2008)
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Research article
Effect of iron content on the tolerability of prenatal multivitamins in pregnancy
Patricia Nguyen, Alejandro Nava-Ocampo, Amalia Levy, Deborah L O'Connor, Tom R Einarson, Anna Taddio, Gideon Koren
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:17 (15May2008)
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Research article
The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants
Eltahir M Elshibly, Gerd Schmalisch
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:244 (18July2008)
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Review
Experiences of abortion: a narrative review of qualitative studies
Mabel LS Lie, Stephen C Robson, Carl R May
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:150 (17July2008)
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Research
A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Todd A Jusko, Eric J Willman, Rebecca J Baker, Jean A Keller, Stuart W Teplin, M Judith Charles
Environmental Health 2008, 7:37 (15July2008)
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Research article
Analytical approaches to detect maternal/fetal genotype incompatibilities that increase risk of pre-eclampsia
Neeta Parimi, Gerard Tromp, Helena Kuivaniemi, Jyh Kae Nien, Ricardo Gomez, Roberto Romero, Katrina AB Goddard
BMC Medical Genetics 2008, 9:60 (3July2008)
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Research
Gynaecological morbidity among HIV positive pregnant women in Cameroon
Enow R Mbu, Eugene J Kongnyuy, FX Mbopi-Keou, Rebecca N Tonye, Philip N Nana, Robert JI Leke
Reproductive Health 2008, 5:3 (3July2008)
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Research
Congenital Plasmodium falciparum infection in neonates in Muheza District, Tanzania
Grace W Mwangoka, Sharadhuli I Kimera, Leonard EG Mboera
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:117 (3July2008)
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Research
Differential transferrin expression in placentae from normal and abnormal pregnancies: a pilot study
Alena Kralova, Marta Svetlikova, Jindrich Madar, Zdena Ulcova-Gallova, Antonin Bukovsky, Jana Peknicova
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6:27 (2July2008)
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Research
Risk assessment does not explain high prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in a large group of Sardinian women
Cinzia Murgia, Rachele Berria, Luigi Minerba, Simonetta Sulis, Michela Murenu, Elaine Portoghese, Nicoletta Garau, Pierina Zedda, Gian Benedetto Melis
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6:26 (2July2008)
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Methodology
Autoimmunity in gestational diabetes mellitus in Sardinia: a preliminary case-control report
Cinzia Murgia, Marisa Orr, Elaine Portoghese, Nicoletta Garau, Pierina Zedda, Rachele Berria, Costantino Motzo, Simonetta Sulis, Michela Murenu, Anna Maria Paoletti, Gian Benedetto Melis
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2008, 6:24 (29June2008)
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Research article
Treatments of pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women: adverse effects of standard treatment, acupuncture and stabilising exercises on the pregnancy, mother, delivery and the fetus/neonate
Helen Elden, Hans-Christian Ostgaard, Monika Fagevik-Olsen, Lars Ladfors, Henrik Hagberg
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008, 8:34 (26June2008)
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