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Antenatal depression, also
known as
prenatal or
perinatal depression, is a form of
clinical depression that can
affect a
woman during pregnancy, and can...
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Prenatal care, also
known as
antenatal care, is a type of
preventive healthcare. It is
provided in the form of
medical checkups,
consisting of recommendations...
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Antenatal steroids, also
known as
antenatal corticosteroids, are
medications administered to
pregnant women expecting a
preterm birth. When administered...
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (from cyto- 'cell' via Gr**** κύτος kútos- 'container' + μέγας mégas 'big, megalo-' + -virus via
Latin vīrus 'poison') is a genus...
- have been performed. A
rarely used term to
describe these is "sudden
antenatal death syndrome", or SADS, a
phrase coined in 2000. Many
stillbirths occur...
- Thiamazole, also
known as methimazole, is a
medication used to
treat hyperthyroidism. This
includes Graves disease,
toxic multinodular goiter, and thyrotoxic...
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Bartter syndrome (BS) is a rare
inherited disease characterised by a
defect in the
thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle,
which results in low pot****ium...
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Antihypertensives are a
class of
drugs that are used to
treat hypertension (high
blood pressure).
Antihypertensive therapy s****s to
prevent the complications...
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Prenatal testing is a tool that can be used to
detect some
birth defects at
various stages prior to birth.
Prenatal testing consists of
prenatal screening...
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Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE),
theorized in the 1970s,
occurs when a
pregnant woman uses
cocaine including crack cocaine and
thereby exposes her fetus...
