title: What is new in maternal-fetal medicine?: best articles from the past year.
abstract: This month, we focus on current research in maternal-fetal medicine. Dr. Spong discusses six recent publications, and each is concluded with a "bottom line" that is the take-home message. The complete reference for each can be found in Box 1 on this page, along with direct links to the abstracts.
authors.affiliation: Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. spongc@exchange.nih.gov
authors.forename: Catherine Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Spong
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000517:prevention & control; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000523:psychology; D046128:Fetal Therapies; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis