Pittsburgh Registry of Infant Multiplets (PRIM): an update.

Pittsburgh Registry of Infant Multiplets (PRIM).

This paper describes the Pittsburgh Registry of Infant Multiplets (PRIM; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), the results of pilot research conducted in this registry, and the plans for future studies. The main focus of the registry is on psychological development and the risk for behavioral disorders. Particularly, characteristics associated with antisociality and the risk for substance use disorders (e...

Multiple gestation and infertility treatment: registration, reflection and reaction--the Belgian project.

Multiple pregnancies associated with infertility treatment are recognized as an adverse outcome and are responsible for morbidity and mortality related to prematurity and very low birthweight population. Due to the epidemic of iatrogenic multiple births, the incidence of maternal, perinatal and childhood morbidity and mortality has increased. This results in a hidden healthcare cost of infertil...

Cell-free nucleic acids as non-invasive biomarkers of gynecological disorders, fetal aneuploidy and constitutional maternal chromosomal mosaicism.

Tianjiao Chu, Suveyda Yeniterzi, Svetlana A. Yatsenko, Mary Dunkel, Aleksandar Rajkovic, W. Allen Hogge and David G. Peters 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2Center for Fetal Medicine, Magee-Women’s Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA *Correspondence address. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive S...

Respiratory syncytial virus infection of newborn CX3CR1-deficient mice induces a pathogenic pulmonary innate immune response

1Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 3Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medic...

An update on current concepts of the epidemiology of bovine Pestivirus infection in cattle