The maternal immune system plays a critical role in the establishment, maintenance, and
completion of a healthy pregnancy. However, the specific mechanisms utilized to achieve …

Stress and previous adverse life events are well-established risk factors for depression.
Further, neuroendocrine disruptions are associated with both major depressive disorder …

Background To compare pregnancy complications and birth outcomes for women
experiencing nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, or nausea only, with symptom-free women …

Our purpose is to provide new insights concerning the challenges of pituitary apoplexy in
pregnancy (PAP) and the postpartum period (PAPP). This is a narrative review of the English …

Maintaining pregnancy to term is important as preterm delivery is a risk factor for impaired
infant development, which may have negative long-term consequences. Therefore …

Background Utilities of the general population or expert estimates have been used for all
published cost-effectiveness analyses of screening for thyroid disorders in pregnancy …

Pregnancy is associated with numerous pathophysiological changes including vascular
adaptations, hormonal fluctuations, and immune system modifications. 1 These changes …

Adrenal disease complicating pregnancy is rare1 and, as such, presents considerable
challenges for timely diagnosis and treatment. 2 Delay in recognition and diagnosis during …

Three-quarters of maternal deaths are in women with coexisting medical complications. It
can be challenging to differentiate symptoms of normal pregnancy from pathological …

After completing this chapter, the reader should be• able Understand to: normal endocrine
organ• development. Describe the effects of hormones produced by• endocrine Discuss …