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Alison D. Gernand
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 66
Citations - 1887
Alison D. Gernand is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Vitamin D and neurology. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1282 citations. Previous affiliations of Alison D. Gernand include University of Pittsburgh & University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: health effects and prevention
TL;DR: A role for population context is suggested in determining health responses and filling extensive gaps in knowledge on micronutrient intake recommendations, risks and consequences of deficiencies, and the effects of interventions with a particular emphasis on offspring.
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Maternal Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Measures of Newborn and Placental Weight in a U.S. Multicenter Cohort Study
TL;DR: Maternal vitamin D status is independently associated with markers of physiological and pathological growth in term infants and adequately powered randomized controlled trials are needed to test whether maternal vitamin D supplementation may improve fetal growth.
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Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Growth
Daniel E Roth,Shaun K. Morris,Stanley Zlotkin,Alison D. Gernand,Tahmeed Ahmed,Shaila S Shanta,Eszter Papp,Jill Korsiak,Joy Shi,M Munirul Islam,Ishrat Jahan,Farhana K Keya,Andrew R. Willan,Rosanna Weksberg,Minhazul Mohsin,Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman,Prakesh S. Shah,Kellie E. Murphy,Jennifer Stimec,Lisa G. Pell,Huma Qamar,Abdullah Al Mahmud +21 more
TL;DR: In a population with widespread prenatal vitamin D deficiency and fetal and infant growth restriction, maternal vitamin D supplementation from midpregnancy until birth or until 6 months post partum did not improve fetal or infant growth.
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Aflatoxin exposure during the first 1000 days of life in rural South Asia assessed by aflatoxin B1-lysine albumin biomarkers
John D. Groopman,Patricia A. Egner,Kerry Schulze,Lee S.F. Wu,Rebecca D. Merrill,Sucheta Mehra,Abu Ahmed Shamim,Hasmot Ali,Saijuddin Shaikh,Alison D. Gernand,Subarna K. Khatry,Steven C. LeClerq,Keith P. West,Parul Christian +13 more
TL;DR: Aflatoxin B1-lysine adducts in cord blood samples demonstrated that the fetus had the capacity to convert aflatoxin into toxicologically active compounds and the detection in the same 2-year-old children illustrates exposure over the first 1000 days of life.
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Maternal-Fetal Inflammation in the Placenta and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
TL;DR: The purpose of this review is to describe the main inflammatory processes in the placenta, discuss their immunology, and relate their short- and long-term disease associations.