how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, sehat m, zahedi a, noorian a, talebian m. incidence and risk factors of neural tube defects in kashan, central iran. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):50-56. abstract objective neural tube defects (ntds) are the most common congenital defects of central nervous system due to neural tube closure deficit during the third and fourth weeks of ges...

background about 46 million induced abortions occur in the world annually. the studies have reported 80000 cases of induced abortions in iran annually. objectives this qualitative study was conducted to identify the causes of unsafe abortion in iran from the standpoint of three groups of experts, women with a history of abortion or unwanted pregnancy and service providers. patients and methods ...

BACKGROUND Previously, the authors found that risk of spontaneous abortion was increased in the pregnancies of women with epilepsy compared with their same-sex siblings, which could have implications for risk of epilepsy in their offspring. An association between a history of spontaneous abortion in the mother and risk of epilepsy in her live-born offspring may arise through selective loss of f...

To investigate the association between widespread use of mifepristone in abortions and risk of uterine leiomyomas.We conducted a case-control study of 305 patients with uterine leiomyomas between January 2011 and July 2012; 311 women with ordinary vaginitis were selected as controls during the same period. Data were collected by questionnaires (including past history, life history, menstruation...

Early studies of breast cancer raised substantial concern regarding risk associated with induced abortion and miscarriage. Literature reviews suggest that study findings depend heavily on the comparison group and that the use of parous women as a reference group for nulliparous women may artificially inflate risk. To examine the individual effects of induced abortion and miscarriage on breast c...

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess anxiety and depression in women with history of spontaneous abortion or induced abortion during a subsequent pregnancy. Methods: The data were consecutively obtained from seven maternal and child health (MCH) Centers in the Anhui Province of China. The sociodemographic characteristics of the women, the number of previous pregnancies, number of livin...

BACKGROUND About 46 million induced abortions occur in the world annually. The studies have reported 80000 cases of induced abortions in Iran annually. OBJECTIVES This qualitative study was conducted to identify the causes of unsafe abortion in Iran from the standpoint of three groups of experts, women with a history of abortion or unwanted pregnancy and service providers. PATIENTS AND METH...

Various studies have shown a relation ship between maternal history of spontaneous abortion and still births of unknown karyotype and the risk of a subsequent Down Syndrome (DS) live birth(l/2). However, the results of these investigations have been inconclusive(3-6). The present study was, therefore, conducted to evaluate the association between the history of spontaneous abortion and birth of...