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until birth. In
human pregnancy,
prenatal development is also
called antenatal development. The
development of the
human embryo follows fertilization...
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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 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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Antenatal steroids, also
known as
antenatal corticosteroids, are
medications administered to
pregnant women expecting a
preterm birth. When administered...
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Iodine is a
chemical element with the
symbol I and
atomic number 53. The
heaviest of the
stable halogens, it
exists as a lustrous, purple-black non-metallic...
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (from the Gr**** cyto-, "cell," and megalo-, "large") is a
genus of
viruses in the
order Herpesvirales, in the
family Herpesviridae...
- 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...
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Prenatal testing consists of
prenatal screening and
prenatal diagnosis,
which are
aspects of
prenatal care that
focus on
detecting problems with the pregnancy...
- In
animals that give live birth, the
fetal circulation is the
circulatory system of a fetus. The term
usually encomp****es the
entire fetoplacental circulation...
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Antenatal perineal m****age (APM) or
birth canal widening (BCW) is the m****age of a
pregnant woman's
perineum around the
opening to the ****, performed...