Parents served as a good proxy for quality-of-life ratings in this population of pediatric patients with IBD. The degree of concordance between parent and child scores, however, varied, as observed in the present study in which parents underreported their child's health-related quality of life on the IMPACT-III emotional functioning domain.

Infection is the leading cause of preterm labor. Short cervix and amniotic sludge are related with an increased risk of preterm delivery and intra amniotic infection.

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