New Insights in the Mechanism of Obstetrical Complications: Prevention, Diagnosis, Monitoring, Treatment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 51
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Dear Colleagues,
Some women experience health problems during pregnancy. These complications can involve the mother's health, the fetus's health, or both. Even women who were healthy before becoming pregnant can experience complications. These complications may make the pregnancy a high-risk pregnancy.
Obtaining early and regular prenatal care can help decrease the risk for problems by enabling health care providers to diagnose, treat, or manage conditions before they become serious. Prenatal care can also help identify mental health concerns related to pregnancy, such as anxiety and depression.
Some common complications of pregnancy include, but are not limited to, the following: high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, infections, preeclampsia, preterm labor, depression, anxiety, pregnancy loss/miscarriage, stillbirth, premature membrane rupture, vaginal bleeding, placenta previa, and anemia.
In this Special Issue, we will include original articles, reviews, and case reports regarding biochemical, genetic, and epigenetic determinations with a role in the prevention, diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of these obstetrical complications. Manuscripts may consider addressing maternal, fetal, or both risk factors in modulating the increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
Furthermore, this issue will take into account in silico, experimental in vitro and in vivo studies and clinical studies with a higher potential to improve the management (prevention, diagnosis, treatment) of obstetrical complications.
Prof. Dr. Lucia Maria Procopciuc
Prof. Dr. Roxana Liana Lucaciu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high blood pressure
- gestational diabetes
- infections
- preeclampsia
- eclampsia
- preterm labor
- depresion
- anxiety
- pregnancy loss/miscarriage
- stillbirth
- premature membrane rupture
- vaginal bleeding
- placenta previa
- anemia
- intrauterine growth restriction
- maternal risk factors
- fetal risk factors
- endothelial dysfunction
- angiogenesis
- oxidative stress
- hormonal modifications
- dyslipidemia
- biochemical
- genetic
- epigenetic determinations
- computational analysis
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