The Friedman curve, the gold standard for rates of cervical dilation and fetal descent during active labor, was developed almost 50 years ago.

Complications may arise, especially if the fetal head shows caput succedaneum or skull molding. Recent studies indicate that transperineal ultrasound can be used to assess fetal descent during labor ...

Scientists have discovered more than a dozen genes that regulate the production of fetal hemoglobin in people of African descent.

Spanish colonizers greedy for precious metals established a mining town named Potosí in current-day Bolivia, more than 13,000 ...

INTRODUCTION Testicular descent is a process that depends on anatomic modifications and hormonal stimulus (1, 2). During the human fetal period, the testes migrate from the abdomen to the scrotum, ...

Pubic symphysis-fetal head (PS-FH) segmentation is a crucial task for measuring the angle of progression (AoP) of the fetal head during labor, which is an objective and reliable parameter that ...