Effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on development of children: a 3-year follow-up study of China cohort.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal effects of perinatal exposure to dioxin on physical growth in a 3-year follow-up study. In 2015, 27 mother-infant pairs living in an electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling region and 35 pairs living in a control region were enrolled in the present study. Breast milk samples were collected at 4 weeks after birth.

[Relationship of S100B protein expression and the pathogenesis of early-onset and late-onset preeclampsia].

Objective: To investigate the relationship of S100B protein expression and the pathogenesis of early-onset and late-onset preeclampsia.

Methods: Sixty patients with preeclampsia who received caesarean section at Qingdao Municipal Hospital from October 2010 to September 2011 were enrolled in this study. Thirty cases were early-onset preeclampsia (referred as early-onset preeclampsia group, < 34 weeks), and the other 30 cases were late-onset preeclampsia (referred as late-onset preeclampsia group, ≥ 34 weeks).