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Ectopic Pregnancy In A Woman With T9 Ais A Paraplegia Secondary To High-Grade Spinal Cord Pilocytic Astrocytoma, Elisabeth K. Acker
Ectopic Pregnancy In A Woman With T9 Ais A Paraplegia Secondary To High-Grade Spinal Cord Pilocytic Astrocytoma, Elisabeth K. Acker
Graduate Medical Education (GME) Resident and Fellow Research Day Posters
Ectopic pregnancy in a woman with T9 AIS A (motor complete, sensory complete) paraplegia secondary to a high-grade spinal cord pilocytic astrocytoma
Background
In the United States, 20,000 women of childbearing age have a spinal cord injury (SCI). While SCI induces transient amenorrhea immediately after injury, women generally have normal reproductive function after SCI, and their fertility is unimpaired. Medications that commonly manage complications of SCI should be avoided or discontinued during pregnancy. Complications inherent to SCI, including urologic issues, are often exacerbated during pregnancy.
Methods
This is a case report on a female Veteran who initially presented to the …
The Metabolism Of Alcohol: Risk And Protective Factors, Sydney E. Levan, Amy Adkins, Danielle Dick, Karen G. Chartier
The Metabolism Of Alcohol: Risk And Protective Factors, Sydney E. Levan, Amy Adkins, Danielle Dick, Karen G. Chartier
Undergraduate Research Posters
Purpose: Abstract for poster submission to VCU Poster Symposium for
Undergraduate Research and Creativity
Title: The Metabolism of Alcohol: Risk and Protective Factors
Background: In 2002, it was reported by the National Institutes of Health that
60.3% of college aged students (18-22) drank alcohol in the past month of being
asked, as compared to 51.9% of those not in college. They also found that 20% of
college students met the criteria for at least one alcohol use disorder (AUDs)1.
Many genes have been linked to an increased risk for AUDs and how individuals
with various ethnic backgrounds respond to alcohol. …