Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-induced syndrome associated with increased maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The major fetal consequences of PE are intrauterine growth ...

In 1893, Georg Schmorl, a pathologist at the University of Leipzig, made an astonishing discovery during his studies of eclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy. At the time, eclampsia was one ...

A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health has developed a new ultrasound technique to monitor the placenta for impaired fetal blood flow early in pregnancy. The technique, ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated passive immunization of the fetus and neonates by evaluating the antibody responses elicited by primary and booster ...

In early-onset severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), transplacental transfer of maternal antierythrocyte IgG alloantibodies causes fetal anemia that leads to the use of high-risk ...