French midwives' practice of termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality. At what psychological and ethical cost?

abstract：:We have developed a two-colour immunocytochemical staining method for the detection of fetal and embryonic haemoglobin in erythroid cells. The method was applied to study these haemoglobin types in fetal red cells. Specimens from fetal blood (10 weeks), cord blood and fetal liver (14 weeks) as well as chorionic villus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mesker WE,Ouwerkerk-van Velzen MC,Oosterwijk JC,Bernini LF,Golbus MS,Kanhai HH,Van Ommen GJ,Tanke HJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To present the prenatal diagnosis of mosaic distal 5p deletion and a review of the literature. CLINICAL SUBJECT AND METHODS:A 37-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, underwent genetic amniocentesis at 17 weeks' gestation because of advanced maternal age. Cytogenetic analysis of the cultured amniocytes reveale...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen CP,Lee CC,Chang TY,Town DD,Wang W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An initial study of trisomy 21 cases showed that prior to 10 weeks, maternal serum levels of intact hCG in the early first trimester are lower than normal. Here we further study the levels prior to and after 10 weeks of gestation to further establish whether or not the intact hCG is effective as a very early...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Spencer K,Cowans NJ,Uldbjerg N,Vereecken A,Tørring N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present outcomes of fetuses with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) treated with sclerotherapy. METHODS:Retrospective study of 8 patients with a prenatal diagnosis of CPAM type II or III with secondary hydrops treated with percutaneous sclerotherapy using 5% ethanolamine oleate (EO). All pati...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chon AH,Korst LM,Abdel-Sattar M,Llanes A,Ouzounian JG,Chmait RH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal karyotypes can be routinely obtained by chorionic villus biopsy, amniocentesis, or fetal blood sampling. Interpretation of results and subsequent counselling can be complicated by pseudomosaicism or mosaicism confined to the placenta or other tissues. We illustrate this by reporting a case of an abnormal fetus w...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Smoleniec JS,Davies T,Lunt P,Berry PJ,James D

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ventriculomegaly (VM) is the most common brain anomaly in prenatal ultrasound (US) diagnosis. There is a general trend to perform fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) when VM is severe (greater than 15 mm) and/or it is not isolated. The role of MRI is debated when VM is borderline (between 10 and 15 mm) and...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Parazzini C,Righini A,Doneda C,Arrigoni F,Rustico M,Lanna M,Triulzi F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To display and compare the different published formulae that specify the association between maternal age and the risk of a Down syndrome live birth. METHODS:Papers published since 1987 on the prevalence of Down syndrome live births in relation to maternal age were located using MEDLINE and the references g...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Morris JK,Wald NJ,Mutton DE,Alberman E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a model for the prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) from maternal characteristics and biochemical markers at 11 to 13 weeks' gestation. METHODS:A prospective screening study on early prediction of pregnancy complications (n = 11, 464), including 297 (2.6%) cases of GDM was used to cr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nanda S,Savvidou M,Syngelaki A,Akolekar R,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum specimens were obtained by fetoscopy at 19-25 weeks' gestation from four fetuses whose mothers had had confirmed rubella earlier in pregnancy. They were tested for rubella-specific IgM by antibody capture radioimmunoassay. No specific IgM was detected in one fetus and a healthy infant was delivered at term. Spec...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Morgan-Capner P,Rodeck CH,Nicolaides KH,Cradock-Watson JE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a family at risk for atypical TSD in which the index case showed, clinically, a late onset and a gradual psychomotor deterioration and biochemically, a residual hex. A activity in leucocytes. Two prenatal diagnoses of affected fetuses were made in this family. The first one on amniotic cells, the second one...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Besançon AM,Belon JP,Castelnau L,Dumez Y,Poenaru L

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trisomy 12 mosaicism was found in about 15 per cent of cultured amniocytes obtained from a 32-year-old white female at 17.6 weeks of gestation. Termination of pregnancy was elected and multiple tissues were obtained for chromosome analysis. Of 158 cells examined, only 1 cell in placenta was found with an extra number ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Petrella R,Hirschhorn K

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:46,XY,-22,+t(22;22)(p11;q11) or i(22q) was diagnosed in 15/15 cells from two cultures from the amniotic fluid culture of a 31-year-old patient whose fetus demonstrated cystic hygroma on ultrasound. Cytogenetic studies performed on fetal skin from the abortus revealed the same karyotype as that seen on amniocentesis, b...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Spinner NB,Gibas Z,Kline R,Berger B,Jackson L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distal 10q trisomy is a well-defined but rare syndrome. Most cases are diagnosed in infancy or in childhood and rarely include prenatal findings. We present a case of fetal distal 10q trisomy with abnormal prenatal sonographic findings. A 19-year-old primigravida was referred for genetic counselling at 18 gestational ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen CP,Shih JC,Lee CC,Chen LF,Wang W,Wang TY

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) is a FISH-related technique used to assess global chromosomal aberrations in a variety of human tumours. Recently CGH has been applied to cytogenetic analysis of fresh frozen fetoplacental tissues. Here we report the application of CGH to paraffin-embedded placental samples. Ten...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ozcan T,Burki N,Parkash V,Huang X,Pejovic T,Mahoney MJ,Ward DC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the accuracy of self-reporting of smoking status in our first trimester screening population and to assess the levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) and free-β human chorionic gonadotropin (free-hCGβ) in women who were classified for smoking status by serum cotinine concentration...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Spencer K,Cowans NJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this article is to evaluate the efficacy of the first trimester sonomarkers (11-14 weeks) in predicting hemoglobin (Hb) Bart's disease among fetuses at risk MATERIALS AND METHODS:Prospective analysis was conducted on pregnancies at risk of fetal Hb Bart's disease at 11 to 14 weeks of gestati...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sirichotiyakul S,Luewan S,Srisupundit K,Tongprasert F,Tongsong T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old woman underwent amniocentesis at 15.3 weeks of gestation. Chromosome analysis performed using QFQ, DA-DAPI and CBG banding revealed two de novo extra-chromosomal markers (ESACs) in 11 of the 16 colonies analysed. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) showed that both chromosomes came from the Yq11.22...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Marchina E,Piovani G,Vezzola L,Bellotti D,Cerri V,Groli C,Barlati S

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) was ultrasonographically appraised at intervals during her pregnancy. Unequivocal evidence for a diagnosis of BWS was obtained in the fetus and this was confirmed postnatally. Early ultrasound diagnosis enabled appropriate genetic counselling to be given; neon...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Viljoen DL,Jaquire Z,Woods DL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although no precise figures are available, many congenital brain lesions arise from intrauterine disruption, frequently due to obstetric complications. The most common entities include intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic lesions, thrombosis of venous vessels and infections. Accurate prenatal diagnosis is possible in man...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carletti A,Colleoni GG,Perolo A,Simonazzi G,Ghi T,Rizzo N,Pilu G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low levels of maternal serum pregnancy associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) have been linked to chromosome anomalies such as trisomy 21, 13 and 18, triploidy and sex chromosome aneuploidy. Low levels of PAPP-A have also been implicated in spontaneous miscarriage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whet...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Yaron Y,Heifetz S,Ochshorn Y,Lehavi O,Orr-Urtreger A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to develop an approach for analyzing plasma DNA sequencing data for noninvasive fetal chromosomal aneuploidy testing that does not require the comparison with control samples or a series of selected genomic regions. RESULTS:We developed the control-free noninvasive fetal chromosomal ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sun K,Chan KC,Hudecova I,Chiu RW,Lo YM,Jiang P

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:We report a case of severe intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and hypospadias in association with trisomy 22 diagnosed following chorionic villus sampling (CVS). Subsequent analysis of amniotic fluid cultures showed a normal male karyotype, 46,XY. As a previous case had been reported with similar abnormalities, in...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bryan J,Peters M,Pritchard G,Healey S,Payton D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The sickle gene is prevalent in the scheduled caste and tribal populations in India. The clinical presentation of sickle cell disease is extremely variable, and there are no neonatal screening programmes. This is the first report on prenatal diagnosis of sickle syndromes in 85 couples at risk (sickle cell an...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Colah R,Surve R,Nadkarni A,Gorakshakar A,Phanasgaonkar S,Satoskar P,Mohanty D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with three prenatally diagnosed pregnancies complicated by an acardiac twin reveals that ultrasonography and echocardiography are helpful in detecting early signs of in-utero congestive heart failure in the normal twin. The use of Doppler blood flow analysis to determine direction of blood flow, post-mortem...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Donnenfeld AE,van de Woestijne J,Craparo F,Smith CS,Ludomirsky A,Weiner S

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosinaemia type I is caused by a deficiency of fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase and mainly affects the liver. This disease is characterized by the presence of a high level of succinylacetone. This metabolite has been used for prenatal diagnosis from amniotic fluid samples. One case with a normal level of succinylaceton...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Poudrier J,Lettre F,St-Louis M,Tanguay RM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cystic hygroma (CH) fetuses, hydrops fetalis and anamnios make it difficult or impossible to obtain amniotic fluid or cord blood for cytogenetic analysis. We report six cases of CH in which cytogenetic analysis was simply and successfully performed using nuchal fluid cells. The karyotypes were 47,XY, + 18,46,XY,46,...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ville Y,Borghi E,Pons JC,Lelorc'h M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to measure anxiety in pregnant women who had low maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening test levels, received genetic counselling and chose to undergo amniocentesis for fetal chromosome analysis. Their anxiety levels were compared with the levels in women undergoing amniocente...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Abuelo DN,Hopmann MR,Barsel-Bowers G,Goldstein A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the efficacy of contingent triple-screening for Down syndrome (DS), that is, performing triple-screening in pregnant women with DS risks between 1/270 and 1/1000 at routine double-screening, in a Mainland Chinese population. METHODS:Maternal serum concentrations of alpha fetoprotein (AFP), free-b...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Xie Z,Lu S,Li H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00