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Neurosci."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fetal ventriculomegaly (VM) is one of the most common abnormalities of the central nervous system (CNS), which can be significantly identified by brain anomalies prenatally by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Aberrant white blood cells (WBCs) levels indicate that the maternal is suffering from the infection. Previous studies have confirmed that prenatal infection can affect fetal brain structure, but there is no research revealed the association between maternal blood parameters with fetal VM until now.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We measured the width of the lateral ventricle of 142 fetuses, which were divided into the fetal VM group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 70) and the normal lateral ventricle group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 72). We compared maternal blood cell levels between the two groups and investigate potential biomarkers of fetal VM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Result<\/jats:title><jats:p>High levels of maternal WBC and neutrophil (NE#) levels were observed in fetuses with VM (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), while lymphocyte percentage, monocytes (MO#), neutrophil\/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet were also increased in the fetal VM group (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.033, 0.027, 0.034, and 0.025, respectively). receiver\u2013operator curve (ROC) analysis suggested that WBC and NE# counts might be useful to distinguish fetuses with enlarged lateral ventricles (AUC = 0.688, 0.678, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current study emphasizes the importance of maternal infection for fetal brain growth, which could provide important information for prenatal diagnosis of CNS anomalies. 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