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Women's Health - Key Publications

  1. Smith GCS. Researching new methods of screening for adverse pregnancy outcome: lessons from preeclampsia. PLoS Medicine 2012;9:e1001274.
  2.  Wood AM, Pasupathy D, Pell JP, Fleming M, Smith GCS. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, other causes of infant mortality and stillbirth in Scotland: a population based study. BMJ 2012;344:e1552.
  3. Flenady V, Koopmans L, Middleton P, Frøen JF, Smith GCS, Gibbons K, Coory M, Gordon A, Ellwood A, McIntyre HD, Fretts R, Ezzati M. Major risk factors for stillbirth in high-income countries: a systematic reviewand meta-analysis Lancet 2011;377:1331-1340.
  4. Chappell LC, Smith GCS. Should pregnant women sleep on their left? BMJ 2011;342:d3659.
  5. Flenady V, Middleton P, Smith GCS, Duke W, Erwich JJ, Khong TY, Neilson J, Ezzati M, Koopmans L, Ellwood D, Fretts R, Frøen JF. Stillbirth: The way forward in high income countries. Lancet 2011;377:1703-17017.
  6. Pasupathy D, Wood AM, Pell JP, Fleming M, Smith GCS. Time of birth and the risk of neonatal death at term: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2010 341:c3498.
  7. Smith GCS. First trimester determination of complications of late pregnancy. JAMA 2010;303:561-562.
  8. Hiby SE, Apps R, Sharkey AM, Farrell LE, Gardner L, Mulder A, Claas FH, Walker JJ, Redman CW, Morgan L, Tower C, Regan L, Moore GE, Carrington M, Moffett A. Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2. J Clin Invest 2010;120:4102-10.
  9. Male V, Hughes T, McClory S, Colucci F, Caligiuri MA, Moffett A. Immature NK cells, capable of producing IL-22, are present in human uterine mucosa. J Immunol 2010;185:3913-8.
  10. Li P, Burke S, Wang J, Chen X, Ortiz M, Lee SC, Lu D, Campos L, Goulding D, Ng BL, Dougan G, Huntly B,Gottgens B, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Colucci F, Liu P. Reprogramming of T cells to natural killer-like cells upon Bcl11b deletion. Science 2010;329:85-9.
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Highlights Conduct of the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction study The funding for the Women's Health theme was used to conduct a prospective cohort study of nulliparous women attending the Rosie Hospital. The study design is described in detail elsewhere (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008;8:51). The case for the utility of prospective cohort studies for clinical and translational research in adverse pregnancy outcome has previously been made by the theme leader (Lancet 2007;370: 1715-25). Read more...