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January 1, 2026
The gonads are the end organs of reproduction, represented by the ovary in females and the testis in males. They produce and release germ cells, central to the survival of the species. Ovaries contain all the oocytes they will ever have at birth, although ...
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January 1, 2025
Although many of the most vexing complications of human pregnancy, including sporadic and recurrent early pregnancy loss, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, molar pregnancies, and placenta accreta/increta/percreta likely have their origins in v ...
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January 1, 2024
Pregnancy losses include early pregnancy losses or miscarriages during the first 24 weeks of gestation. First-trimester pregnancy losses are the most common form of pregnancy loss, and most occur before 8 weeks of gestation. The two main factors influencin ...
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January 1, 2023
The relationship between a living organism and its environment is based on a tightly regulated balance between symbiosis and competition. Survival is dependent upon appropriate resource acquisition, permissive physicochemical environments, and competition ...
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January 1, 2019
The relationship between a living organism and its environment is based on a tightly regulated balance between symbiosis and competition. The complexity of an organism is directly correlated to the sheer volume of challenges presented to its continued fert ...
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January 1, 2018
The maternal-placental-fetal unit undergoes complex hormonal changes throughout pregnancy. Placental hormones dramatically adapt the endocrine physiology of the maternal host and lead to alterations in thyroid function, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis ...
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January 1, 2018
The maternal-placental-fetal unit undergoes complex hormonal changes throughout pregnancy. Placental hormones dramatically adapt the endocrine physiology of the maternal host and lead to alterations in thyroid function, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis ...
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March 1, 2014
Alterations in local immune function occur during the course of a woman's menstrual cycle that result in changes in the quantity and distribution of immune cells within the female genital tract. As the uterus prepares for pregnancy and after conception occ ...
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January 1, 2014
The gonads are the end organs of reproduction, represented by the ovary in women and the testis in men (Fig. 1). They produce and release germ cells, central to the survival of the species. Ovaries contain all the oocytes they will ever have at birth, alth ...
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January 1, 2012
The pregnant uterus provides an immunologically "privileged" environment in which a genetically mismatched fetus typically thrives without deleterious allogeneic immune response. The mechanisms by which the fetus is protected from maternal immune attack ar ...
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