Prenatal diagnosis of fetal heart failure in twin reversed arterial perfusion syndrome.

abstract：:Intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD) in one of twins at 12 weeks of gestation was accompanied by markedly elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) at 17 and 18 weeks. Amniotic fluid AFP from the healthy surviving twin's sac at 18.5 and 23 weeks was also greatly increased along with a positive acetylcholinesterase (...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bass HN,Oliver JB,Srinivasan M,Petrucha R,Ng W,Lee JE

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the ability to assess the fetal anatomy and ultrasound screening markers using three-dimensional (3D) volumes acquired during the 11th to 13th  week scan, in relation to whether a fetal profile could be used as a starting section. METHODS:Post hoc analysis of 3D ultrasound volumes acquired at 11...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Borrell A,Santolaya-Forgas J,Horbaczewski C,Henry RD,Dunn-Albanese L,Robinson JN

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the association of copy number variants (CNV) with perinatal outcomes among fetuses with sonographic abnormalities. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of anomalous fetuses evaluated at a single fetal center, who underwent chromosomal microarray (CMA) te...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Parchem JG,Sparks TN,Gosnell K,Norton ME

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight pregnancies at risk for cystic fibrosis have been monitored by first-trimester prenatal diagnosis with DNA amplification analysis. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used in all cases to amplify the region detected by KM19. In two cases, the region detected by CS.7, another DNA probe tightly linked to the C...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gasparini P,Novelli G,Savoia A,Dallapiccola B,Pignatti PF

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the influence of in vitro fertilization (IVF) on maternal serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), the maternal serum hCG and AFP values were studied in 67 IVF pregnancies and compared with the results of a control group of 4732 spontaneously conceiving patients. Maternal serum ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ribbert LS,Kornman LH,De Wolf BT,Simons AH,Jansen CA,Beekhuis JR,Mantingh A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental materno-embryonic transfusions with serum that is immunologically active against blood group antigens cause congenital malformations in the rat embryo. In view of the possible increased incidence of vascular disruptive syndromes after chorionic villus sampling (CVS), we investigated the occurrence of mate...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Los FJ,Noomen P,Vermeij-Keers C,Gaillard JL,Brandenburg H,Jahoda MG,Luider TM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalies of the thorax and abdomen can be found in a number of genetic syndromes. Whilst it may not be possible to make a definitive diagnosis before birth, knowledge of the potential associations can be useful for the prenatal diagnostician when examining the fetus and counselling the parents. In this article, we de...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hurst J,Firth HV,Chitty LS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whole genome array testing not only provides an increased diagnostic yield of pathogenic causative findings, but it may also reveal so called susceptibility loci (SL) for neurodevelopmental disorders. The goal of this study was to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes in SL cases and to establish a protocol for pr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Govaerts L,Srebniak M,Diderich K,Joosten M,Riedijk S,Knapen M,Go A,Papatsonis D,de Graaf K,Toolenaar T,van der Steen S,Huijbregts G,Knijnenburg J,de Vries F,Van Opstal D,Galjaard RJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to detect genomic imbalances in fetuses with congenital heart defect (CHD) by high-resolution single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. METHODS:A total of 99 fetuses with CHDs with or without other ultrasound anomalies (including structural anomalies and soft markers) but normal karyotypes...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Liao C,Li R,Fu F,Xie G,Zhang Y,Pan M,Li J,Li D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was developed more than a decade ago to offer an alternative to prenatal diagnosis for couples at risk of transmitting an inherited disease to their offspring. Portuguese-type familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP type I), is an autosomal dominant disease presenting an inheri...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carvalho F,Sousa M,Fernandes S,Silva J,Saraiva MJ,Barros A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An imbalance between angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors has been implicated in the pathogenesis and severity of preeclampsia. In this study, we evaluated serum levels of an angiogenic factor and an antiangiogenic factor - placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1), respe...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pinheiro CC,Rayol P,Gozzani L,Reis LM,Zampieri G,Dias CB,Woronik V

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that affected the decision of pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia (PE) in accepting or declining participation in a medicated clinical trial (ASPRE) for the prevention of preterm PE. METHOD:This was a qualitative, cross-sectional study. A purposive sample of 14 participants and ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nikčević AV,Dodd Z,Prior J,O'Gorman N,Poon LC,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered a fetus who exhibited transient (at most 30 s), repeated episodes of tachyarrhythmia (240 bpm). This female neonate was born at 36 weeks of gestation and showed a markedly prolonged QT interval and transient, repeated episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Congenital long QT syndrome was diagn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ohkuchi A,Shiraishi H,Minakami H,Eguchi Y,Izumi A,Sato I

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A (semi-) randomized controlled study with long-term follow-up was conducted to compare the effects of transabdominal chorionic villus sampling and early amniocentesis on fetal mortality and child morbidity. Women requesting early prenatal diagnosis for advanced maternal age were allocated to early amniocentesis or tr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nagel HT,Vandenbussche FP,Keirse MJ,Oepkes D,Oosterwijk JC,Beverstock G,Kanhai HH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate perinatal outcomes of fetal echogenic bowel (FEB). METHOD:This is a retrospective observational study of FEB cases from Jan 2005-Dec 2010. Data from ultrasound and fetal medicine investigations, uterine artery Doppler (UAD), intra-partum care and neonatal outcome were obtained from Fetal Medic...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Saha E,Mullins EW,Paramasivam G,Kumar S,Lakasing L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pregnant women who receive a high screening risk result for Down, Edwards or Patau syndrome are offered diagnostic tests that carry a risk of miscarriage. This study determined how many women had such tests per syndrome diagnosis. METHOD:The number of tests per Down, Edwards or Patau syndrome diagnosis adjus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Morris JK,Waters JJ,de Souza E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine if screening for preeclampsia could be improved between 20 and 24 weeks of gestation by uterine artery Doppler (UAD), biomarkers and lipid-related markers. METHOD:Women at high risk of preeclampsia according to obstetric and medical characteristics and history were prospectively...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Diguisto C,Le Gouge A,Piver E,Giraudeau B,Perrotin F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates pregnant women's and healthcare professionals' preferences regarding specific prenatal screening and diagnostic test characteristics. METHOD:A discrete choice experiment was developed to assess preferences for prenatal tests that differed in seven attributes: minimal gestational age, tim...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Beulen L,Grutters JP,Faas BH,Feenstra I,Groenewoud H,van Vugt JM,Bekker MN

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Advances in prenatal genetics place additional challenges as patients must receive information about a growing array of screening and testing options. This raises concerns about how to achieve a shared decision-making process that prepares patients to make an informed decision about their choices about prenat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Farrell RM,Pierce M,Collart C,Edmonds BT,Chien E,Coleridge M,Rose SL,Perni U,Frankel R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an 8-year period (1984-1992), we made the ultrasonographic diagnosis of cystic adenomatoid malformation (CAM) of the lung in 58 fetuses at 17-39 weeks' gestation. We reviewed the records of these fetuses and combined the data from 74 cases reported in the literature to determine the incidence of the different t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Thorpe-Beeston JG,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight young people with thalassemia major expressed their opinion about prenatal diagnosis. All of them stated that they intended to marry and have children; thirteen of them (46 per cent) said that they would have also accepted a thalassemic carrier as a partner and that if married to a carrier they would have...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Schilirò G,Romeo MA,Mollica F

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a rare case of umbilical cord hemangioma and to discuss its association with vascular birthmarks. METHODS:A case of umbilical cord hemangioma diagnosed by ultrasound at 28 weeks of gestation is reported. After labor induction at 38 weeks of gestation, a male infant was born. Examination of the newb...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Daniel-Spiegel E,Weiner E,Gimburg G,Shalev E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin pregnancy has a disproportionate effect on perinatal mortality, being six times higher than for singleton gestations. The major threats to perinatal survival are from two very different pathological processes: spontaneous preterm delivery, and the interlacing clinical complications of monochorionicity. With the r...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bajoria R,Kingdom J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors of policy statements from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine do not acknowledge the potential for their clinical income to influence their opinions, or the positions of the societies they represent. These policy statements were published in ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wolfberg AJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of needle and syringe size on the amount of tissue obtained at chorionic villus sampling METHODS:Two needle sizes, 18 and 20 gauge, and two syringe sizes 5 mL and 20 mL, were used to assess samples from term post-partum placentae. Each of the four combinations was tested by 25 aspirat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cochrane L,Ainscough M,Alfirevic Z

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An i(Yp) is a rare marker chromosome. We present a case of de novo 46,X,i(Yp) detected prenatally in an amniotic fluid specimen. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies using a panel of Y-specific biotinylated DNA probes identified the marker chromosome as i(Yp). Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wang BB,Yu LC,Peng W,Falk RE,Williams J 3rd

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of a first trimester fetal ultrasound examination in cases of an increased nuchal translucency (NT). METHOD:A detailed fetal ultrasound examination was performed within 4 days of a detection of a first trimester increased NT. RESULTS:As many as 23 fetuses were evaluated. Severe anomal...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bronshtein M,Zimmer EZ,Blazer S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to establish the frequency and associations of single umbilical artery (SUA) diagnosed until the first vs second or third trimester. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted on singleton pregnancies at a tertiary perinatal center. All women underwent both the first and se...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nakamura M,Oba T,Takita H,Tokunaka M,Arakaki T,Goto M,Koyano M,Hamada S,Matsuoka R,Sekizawa A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Study of different tissues of an aborted female fetus showed similar levels of fragile-X expression (6.3-9.2 per cent) and of early replication of the FRAXA-positive cells (50-66 per cent) in fetal tissues. Different culture media did not significantly affect either investigation. It is suggested that the distribution...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Webb T

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the opinions and attitudes of women towards prenatal diagnosis (amniocentesis/chorionic villus sampling/ultrasound/serum AFP testing). A questionnaire was sent to 185 women who had had their first baby a few months before. The respondents have a strong positive attitude towards the diagnostic procedure...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tymstra TJ,Bajema C,Beekhuis JR,Mantingh A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00