Anxiety in women with low maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening results.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess incidence and volume of fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH) after chorionic villus sampling (CVS) by Kleihauer Betke test (KBT) and rise in maternal protein (MSAFP). METHODS:A prospective study was conducted on 61 cases requiring CVS. FMH due to CVS was assessed by KBT and MSAFP. RESULTS:Out of 61 case...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Katiyar R,Kriplani A,Agarwal N,Bhatla N,Kabra M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a reliable and specific technique for rapid prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. METHODS:High throughput real-time PCR technique was used to measure the DSCR3 gene dosage of genomic DNAs from uncultured amniocytes of fetuses, lymphocytes of trisomy 21 syndrome patients, and normal people, compare...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hu Y,Zheng M,Xu Z,Wang X,Cui H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different types of chromosome 12 inversion were seen in 15 individuals out of 44 individuals examined in one 8 generation family. Type 1: a pericentric inversion inv(12) (p112; q131) was found in 7 individuals and twice at prenatal diagnosis. Type 2: a paracentric inversion inv(12) (p123; p131) was seen in two i...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Poulsen H,Mikkelsen M,Holmgren G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to determine the postnatal outcome and prognostic factors of prenatally diagnosed ventriculomegaly, and to establish the relationship between prenatal sonographic measurements and postnatal psychomotor development. A total of 42 singleton pregnancies with sonographically determined...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： den Hollander NS,Vinkesteijn A,Schmitz-van Splunder P,Catsman-Berrevoets CE,Wladimiroff JW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal serum free beta (hCG) levels are elevated (median 2.20 MOM) in the first trimester of pregnancy in 38 Down syndrome cases as compared with appropriate controls. This observation may form the basis for its use as a marker in screening for Down syndrome in the first trimester. Altered levels of the free beta an...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Macri JN,Spencer K,Aitken D,Garver K,Buchanan PD,Muller F,Boue A

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness and costs of prenatal screening programmes for Down's syndrome using maternal serum markers will vary significantly depending on the biological cut-off values chosen in order to select women, at each maternal age, who will be sent for amniocentesis. On the basis of the first French prospective study ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Seror V,Muller F,Moatti JP,Le Gales C,Boue A

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-hepatic abnormalities of the fetal umbilical venous system are poorly documented and clinically not well understood. A case of routine ultrasound examination at 23 weeks' gestation demonstrating foci of hepatic hyperechogenicity and cardiomegaly is presented. Colour Doppler detected absence of flow in the ductus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cohen SB,Lipitz S,Mashiach S,Hegesh J,Achiron R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) is a relatively new method for rapid prenatal diagnosis of common aneuploidies, and larger series to evaluate its performance remain to be reported. METHODS:A total of 2400 prenatal chorionic villus samples (CVS) and 1525 prenatal samples of amniotic f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gerdes T,Kirchhoff M,Lind AM,Vestergaard Larsen G,Kjaergaard S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron loaded transferrin (holotransferrin) was used for enrichment of fetal cells from peripheral blood of pregnant women. Cord blood samples were used to evaluate enrichment efficacy of single and double MACS separations. Blood samples were obtained from 10 pregnant women prior to chorion villus sampling (CVS). Erythr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Serlachius M,Von Koskull H,Wessman M,Schröder J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Informed choice for prenatal screening has long been considered an essential aspect of service provision, and has been researched extensively in the second trimester. This study aims at examining whether women having first-trimester screening in a private clinic had made an informed choice. METHODS:A cross-...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jaques AM,Sheffield LJ,Halliday JL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of beta-core fragment and total oestriol in second-trimester maternal urine samples were measured in 32 Down syndrome pregnancies and 206 control pregnancies. Beta-core fragment and total oestriol values were corrected for the urinary creatinine level and expressed as multiples of the control medians (MOM). In ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kellner LH,Canick JA,Palomaki GE,Neveux LM,Saller DN Jr,Walker RP,Osathanondh R,Bombard AT

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently we identified a P408S, P415L allele of beta-glucuronidase in several Mexican patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (Sly syndrome) and presented evidence that both mutations are required to produce the MPS VII allele (Islam et al., 1996). In an attempt to determine whether either of these mutations exis...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Rafiqul Islam M,Gallegos Arreola MP,Wong P,Tomatsu S,Corona JS,Sly WS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate decision analysis as a technique to facilitate women's decision-making about prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome using measures of effective decision-making. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial in a UK hospital's prenatal diagnosis clinic. INTERVENTION:Routine versus routine consultation structu...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bekker HL,Hewison J,Thornton JG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of diagnostic indications among women seeking to terminate pregnancies for reasons of fetal abnormality, spontaneous fetal demise, or a genetic disorder in a private outpatient clinic specializing in late outpatient abortion procedures. METHOD:A total of 1005 women requested termin...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hern WM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:17q12 microdeletions containing HNF1B and intragenic variants within this gene are associated with variable developmental, endocrine, and renal anomalies, often already noted prenatally as hyperechogenic/cystic kidneys. Here, we describe prenatal and postnatal phenotypes of seven individuals with HNF1B aberra...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Vasileiou G,Hoyer J,Thiel CT,Schaefer J,Zapke M,Krumbiegel M,Kraus C,Zweier M,Uebe S,Ekici AB,Schneider M,Wiesener M,Rauch A,Faschingbauer F,Reis A,Zweier C,Popp B

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Meckel-Gruber syndrome was diagnosed by embryoscopy at 10 menstrual weeks, allowing for early termination of pregnancy. Post-mortem examination confirmed the presence of polydactyly and bilateral cystic lesions of the mesonephros and metanephros. Both the forming nephrons and the collecting ducts were involv...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Dumez Y,Dommergues M,Gubler MC,Bunduki V,Narcy F,LeMerrer M,Mandelbrot L,Berkowitz R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Earlier studies have shown that maternal hormone secretion during late first or second trimester may be affected by gravidity. We examined the luteoplacental hormone secretion during 5-11 weeks of gestation in relation to gravidity. METHOD:Forty-one naturally conceived pregnancies underwent weekly assessment...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Järvelä IY,Záčková T,Laitinen P,Ryynänen M,Tekay A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the large impact of ultrasonographic and biochemical markers on prenatal screening, the ability to accurately diagnose Down syndrome (DS) is still limited and better diagnostic testing is needed. METHODS:Plasma from 8 women carrying a DS foetus and 12 with non-DS foetuses matched for gestational age...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kolialexi A,Tsangaris GT,Papantoniou N,Anagnostopoulos AK,Vougas K,Bagiokos V,Antsaklis A,Mavrou A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to report the prenatal ultrasound scan findings in four fetuses from two families postnatally diagnosed with 17q12 microdeletion syndrome on microarray CGH and review the literature. METHODS:We report two families presenting with prenatally detected hyperechogenic kidneys. In f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jones GE,Mousa HA,Rowley H,Houtman P,Vasudevan PC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic utility of prenatal diagnosis using the chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) for fetuses presenting with isolated or associated intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). METHOD:We retrospectively included all fetuses with IUGR referred for prenatal testing a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Brun S,Pennamen P,Mattuizzi A,Coatleven F,Vuillaume ML,Lacombe D,Arveiler B,Toutain J,Rooryck C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described which uses the Hind III polymorphism in intron 19 of the factor VIII gene for genomic family analysis and prenatal diagnosis by the polymerase chain reaction. The primers derived from the exon 19 and 20 sequences allow amplification of the whole intron 19 resulting in a 730 bp fragment. Hind III ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wehnert M,Shukova EL,Surin VL,Schröder W,Solovjev GYa,Herrmann FH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies currently relies on invasive procedures such as chorionic villous sampling and amniocentesis. These methods can provide an accurate diagnosis of the fetal karyotype but are relatively invasive. Here, we report a case of the prenatal detection of triple X using fetal cells obtained by...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Xi Zhao X,Suzumori K,Sato T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trisomy 12 observed in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) may reflect generalized mosaicism or indicate mosaicism confined to only the placenta. In this report, four cases of trisomy 12 observed in CVS or cultured placental biopsies with varying outcomes are presented. Seven dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms for chromoso...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bischoff FZ,Zenger-Hain J,Moses D,Van Dyke DL,Shaffer LG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the additional diagnostic information provided by prenatal (fetal) magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) following tertiary ultrasound (US) for fetal cranial abnormalities in complicated monochorionic gestations. METHODS:Women with complicated monochorionic gestations complicated by...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Robinson A,Teoh M,Edwards A,Fahey M,Goergen S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present the prenatal genetic diagnoses and counseling for two cases of oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) type I family by detection of mutations in the OCA1 gene by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) system and a review of the literature. METHODS:All DNA samples were extracted from per...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lin SY,Chien SC,Su YN,Lee CN,Chen CP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pregnant woman with indeterminate Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) carrier status, but with DMD diagnosed in her deceased brother (unavailable for study), presented for prenatal diagnosis, intending to continue the pregnancy only if proven unaffected with DMD with near absolute certainty. Creatine kinase (CK) assay...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Boelter WD,Burt BA,Spector EB,Hinton DR,Pavlova Z,Fujimoto A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To replace G-banded chromosome analysis for miscarriage products with a combined molecular approach: QF-PCR and MLPA, to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the diagnostic success rate for these samples. METHODS:A review of 10 years of karyotype results for miscarriages products indicated that 2....

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Donaghue C,Mann K,Docherty Z,Mazzaschi R,Fear C,Ogilvie C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of any screening test is influenced by knowledge of the condition being screened for. In the present study, the knowledge and the source of knowledge of women offered antenatal screening for Down syndrome (DS) was assessed by means of a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chilaka VN,Konje JC,Stewart CR,Narayan H,Taylor DJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FISH analysis of uncultured interphase amniotic fluid cells from a male fetus revealed two signals using an alpha-satellite X-chromosome DNA probe. One of the signals was much smaller than the other. It was subsequently shown that the normal sized signal was located on the X chromosome and the smaller signal was locat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Winsor EJ,Dyack S,Wood-Burgess EM,Ryan G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior fossa abnormalities (PFAs) are commonly identified within routine screening and are a frequent indication for fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although biometric measurements of the posterior fossa (PF) are established on fetal ultrasound and MRI, qualitative visual assessments are predomina...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mckinnon K,Kendall GS,Tann CJ,Dyet L,Sokolska M,Baruteau KP,Marlow N,Robertson NJ,Peebles D,Srinivasan L

更新日期：2020-11-29 00:00:00