Background: Placental mesenchymal dysplasia (PMD) is a distinct syndrome of unknown aetiology that associated with significant fetal morbidity and mortality. Intrauterine growth restriction common, yet, paradoxically, many the fetuses/newborns have been diagnosed Beckwith-Wiedemann (BWS). Methods: We report two cases PMD high levels androgenetic (complete paternal uniparental isod...

PURPOSE: To verify the existence of associations between different maternal ages and the perinatal outcomes of preterm birth and intrauterine growth restriction in the city of São Luís, Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using a sample of 5,063 hospital births was conducted in São Luís, from January to December 2010. The participants comprise the birth cohort for th...