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Kan YW, Reid CD, eds. 1980. Prenatal approaches to the diagnosis of fetal hemoglobinopathies: An international research workshop designed to update knowledge in prenatal diagnosis and laboratory methodologies of hemoglobinopathies, February 23-24, 1978. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, 259 pp.

Annotation: This report includes the presentations and discussions of the workshop on Prenatal Approaches to the Diagnosis of Fetal Hemoglobinopathies held in 1978 in Los Angeles. The document is divided into eight major subject areas, each containing presentations and discussion. These subject areas are: (1) fetoscopy; (2) placental aspiration; (3) biochemical methods; (4) immunologic methods; (5) cooperative efforts in data collection; (6) critical issues in prenatal diagnosis including ethical and legal issues, efforts to develop guidelines, the role of the community, and public policy; (7) future developments; and (8) the international roundtable.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community role, Data collection, Ethics, Fetoscopy, Fetus, Guidelines, Hemoglobinopathies, Immunologic tests, International programs, Legal issues, Placenta, Prenatal diagnosis, Public policy, Reports, Research methodology, Screening

Symposium on Malnutrition and Infection during Pregnancy (1974: Guatemala City). 1975. Malnutrition and infection during pregnancy: Determinants of growth and development of the child. Washington, DC: Agency for International Development, 75 pp. (American Journal of Diseases of Children; v. 129, no. 4, no.5)

Annotation: These papers discuss nutrition individuality; placental function and malnutrition; nutrition of pregnant women in Thailand, Central America, Panama, and industrialized societies; maternal nutrition and fetal growth in developing societies; fetal defense mechanisms; routes of fetal infection and mechanisms of fetal damage; fetal malnutrition and postnatal immunocompetence; diagnosis of chronic perinatal infections; nutritional influences in industrial societies; infection and low birth weight in an industrialized society and developing country; survival and physical growth in infancy and early childhood; birth weight and psychomotor performance in rural Guatemala; synergistic effects of maternal malnutrition and infection in the infant; and animal models for investigation of latent effects of malnutrition.

Keywords: Central America, Fetal development, Fetal diseases, Guatemala, Low birthweight, Maternal nutrition, Panama, Perinatal health, Placenta, Pregnant women, Psychomotor development, Thailand

National Research Council, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Maternal Nutrition. 1970. Annotated bibliography on maternal nutrition. Washington, DC: Maternal and Child Health Service, U.S. Health Services and Mental Health Administration; for sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 199 pp.

Annotation: This bibliography is intended for physicians, nutritionists, and others concerned with applying the research findings reported in the literature on maternal nutrition. Only materials published in English are included. Materials that appeared in popular magazines have not been included. The bibliography is divided into the following sections: (1) general references and (2) references on specific topics. The specific topics covered include (1) adolescence, (2) birthweight, (3) diabetes, (4) diet, (5) folic acid, (6) iron status, (7) nutritional deficiencies, (8) physiological adjustments, (9) the role of the placenta, (10) pregravid weight and weight gain, (11) social, economic, and other variables that affect pregnancy, and (12) the toxemias.

Keywords: Adolescence, Bibliographies, Diabetes, Diet, Economic factors, Folic acid, Iron, Maternal nutrition, Nutritional status, Nutritionists, Physicians, Placenta, Pregnancy, Pregnancy toxemias, Weight gain
   

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