Precision medicine activities and opportunities for shaping maternal and neonatal health in Qatar

N Al-Dewik, T Abuarja, S Younes… - Personalized …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Precision Medicine (PM) is a transformative clinical medicine strategy that aims to
revolutionize healthcare by leveraging biological information and biomarkers. In the context …

The effect of folic acid intake on congenital anomalies. A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Moges, E Sisay Chanie, RM Anteneh… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Congenital anomalies pose a significant challenge to global health and result
in considerable morbidity and mortality in early childhood. With the decline of other causes …

Uncovering potential causal genes for undiagnosed congenital anomalies using an in-house pipeline for trio-based whole-genome sequencing

JM Kim, HW Cho, DM Shin, OH Kim, J Kim, H Lee… - Human Genomics, 2025 - Springer
Abstract Background Congenital anomalies (CAs) encompass a wide spectrum of structural
and functional abnormalities during fetal development, commonly presenting at birth …

Live birth prevalence of major congenital anomalies in the United Arab Emirates

H Adam, N Ghenimi, H Narchi, A Ahmad… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Major congenital anomalies (MCAs) significantly contribute to perinatal mortality and
morbidity. Globally, the United Arab Emirates has the sixth-highest prevalence rate of …

Maternal and neonatal risks and outcomes after bariatric surgery: a comparative population based study across BMI categories in Qatar

NI Al-Dewik, M Samara, A Mahmah, A Al-Dewik… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The impact of Bariatric Surgery (BS) on maternal and neonatal outcomes among
pregnant women is not fully understood, especially in comparison to different weight …

Amniotic fluid-derived stem cells: potential factories of natural and mimetic strategies for congenital malformations

CSR Fonteles, J Enterria-Rosales, Y Lin… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2024 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from gestational tissues offer a promising avenue
for prenatal intervention in congenital malformations although their application is hampered …

Hyperemesis gravidarum and the risk of offspring morbidity: a longitudinal cohort study

N Auger, B Padda, P Bégin, É Brousseau… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Hyperemesis gravidarum has the potential to affect the long-term health of
offspring. We examined whether maternal hyperemesis gravidarum was associated with the …

Autonomous fetal morphology scan: deep learning+ clustering merger–the second pair of eyes behind the doctor

S Belciug - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2024 - Springer
The main cause of fetal death, of infant morbidity or mortality during childhood years is
attributed to congenital anomalies. They can be detected through a fetal morphology scan …

Epidemiological trends of isolated and non-isolated central nervous system congenital malformations in live births in a middle-income setting

AS Scavacini Marinonio, RC Xavier Balda… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives This study aimed to analyze, in the São Paulo state of Brazil, time trends in
prevalence, neonatal mortality, and neonatal lethality of central nervous system congenital …

Pattern Recognition and Anomaly Detection in fetal morphology using Deep Learning and Statistical learning (PARADISE): protocol for the development of an …

S Belciug, RC Ivanescu, MS Serbanescu, F Ispas… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Congenital anomalies are the most encountered cause of fetal death, infant
mortality and morbidity. 7.9 million infants are born with congenital anomalies yearly. Early …