Current awareness in prenatal diagnosis.

abstract：:Amniocentesis and subsequent tests are reported on a fetus conceived of a rare mating type: its mother has an intermediate level of beta hexosaminidase A (HEX A), characteristic of carriers of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), while the father suffers from an adult-onset GM2 gangliosidosis (AOG) with severe HEX A deficiency. A...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Navon R,Sandbank U,Frisch A,Baram D,Adam A

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this article is to evaluate the longitudinal changes in uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index (UtA-PI) in pregnancies complicated with early onset intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). METHOD:Case-control study comparing UtA-PI from 20 to 34 weeks gestation in pregnancies affected by IU...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Contro E,Cha DH,De Maggio I,Ismail SY,Falcone V,Gabrielli S,Farina A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate Illumina's two-channel NextSeq 500 sequencing system for noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) of fetal whole chromosome and partial aberrations. METHODS:A total of 162 plasma samples, previously sequenced for NIPT on a SOLiD 5500xl platform, were sequenced on the NextSeq 500 using 75-bp single-end...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Neveling K,Tjwan Thung D,Beulen L,van Rens-Buijsman W,Gomes I,van den Heuvel S,Mieloo H,Derks-Prinsen I,Kater-Baats E,Faas BH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical value of velocity vector imaging (VVI) in the assessment of normal fetal regional myocardial performance and to establish a normative data set for normal Chinese fetuses. METHODS:One hundred and fifty-one healthy Chinese fetuses were divided into five...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Peng QH,Zhou QC,Zeng S,Tian LQ,Zhang M,Tan Y,Pu DR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cost-effectiveness of performing chorionic villus sampling (CVS) of products of conception (POC) in the evaluation of recurrent miscarriage versus standard evidence-based work-up (EBW) of the couple. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A decision-analytic model was performed in couples with a third miscarria...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Petracchi F,Paez C,Igarzabal L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the screening accuracy for Down syndrome of nuchal translucency (NT) measurement at different crown-rump length (CRL) subgroups along the 10- to 14-week period. METHODS:NT was classified 'enlarged' if greater than or equal to 1.5 and 2.0 multiples of the regressed median. Accuracies for Down syn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zoppi MA,Ibba RM,Floris M,Manca F,Axiana C,Monni G

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Descriptions of the rarely occurring condition of conjoined twins are sparse. METHODS:We report a case series of four conjoined twin pregnancies diagnosed up to 16 weeks of gestation. One was in a quadruplet in vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI) pregnancy of cryopreserved embryo...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Maymon R,Mendelovic S,Schachter M,Ron-El R,Weinraub Z,Herman A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our objective is to report long-term outcome after fetal cystoscopy for lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO), as well as to investigate the accuracy of fetal cystoscopy in diagnosing the cause of bladder outlet obstruction. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study of all fetuses who underwent cystosco...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sananes N,Cruz-Martinez R,Favre R,Ordorica-Flores R,Moog R,Zaloszy A,Giron AM,Ruano R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports prenatal diagnosis of 787 fetuses of beta-thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies in Indian high-risk communities. DNA based diagnosis was offered in the first, as well as the second trimester, in 489 pregnancies (with five twins) on fetal tissues such as chorionic villus (CV) and amniocytes usin...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Thakur (Mahadik) C,Vaz F,Banerjee M,Kapadia C,Natrajan PG,Yagnik H,Gangal S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this article is to investigate whether sonographic identification of the fetal anal mucosa (AM) can assist in the diagnosis of anal atresia (AA) in fetuses referred for congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) malformation. METHODS:During a 3-year study period, 245 fetuses r...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Perlman S,Bilik R,Leibovitch L,Katorza E,Achiron R,Gilboa Y

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) may improve outcome of severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (iCDH). We aimed to identify any discrepancy between initial assessment at the referring hospital and the evaluation at the fetal surgery center, and to document parental decisions following...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Done E,Gucciardo L,Van Mieghem T,Devriendt K,Allegaert K,Brady P,Devlieger R,De Catte L,Lewi L,Deprest J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apert syndrome (AS) is clinically characterized by typical facial features and symmetrical syndactyly of the digits. AS is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Recently, a fibroblast growth factor receptors 2 (FGFR2) mutation, either C934G or C937G, was identified in exon IIIa. Our report documents an affected mo...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chang CC,Tsai FJ,Tsai HD,Tsai CH,Hseih YY,Lee CC,Yang TC,Wu JY

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems can arise in prenatal screening for Down syndrome when tests are performed in the first and second trimester and some women who have a negative first trimester test have a second trimester serum test. The second test result does not usually take account of the previous one being negative. Even if it does, it ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hackshaw AK,Wald NJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimate steroid sulfatase deficiency (STSD) prevalence among California's racial/ethnic groups using data from a previous study focused on prenatal detection of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS). SLOS and STSD both have low maternal serum unconjugated estriol (uE3) levels. METHODS:Prevalence was estimated u...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Craig WY,Roberson M,Palomaki GE,Shackleton CH,Marcos J,Haddow JE

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to analyze the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome in three subgroups with extremely low maternal pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), that is, <0.3 multiples of median (MoM) at the first trimester screening. METHOD:A cohort of 961 pregnancies with PAPP-A levels < 0.3 MoM at...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kaijomaa M,Ulander VM,Hämäläinen E,Alfthan H,Markkanen H,Heinonen S,Stefanovic V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct an audit of the practice of feticide in second- and third-trimester termination of pregnancy for fetal anomalies (TOPFA) in prenatal diagnosis (PD) centers in France. RESULTS:A questionnaire was sent out to the 49 French PD centers and completed by 39/49 centers; 5350 TOPFAs were performed. The ge...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Maurice P,Letourneau A,Benachi A,Jouannic JM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a case of a female fetus found to be mosaic for Turner syndrome (45,X) and trisomy X (47,XXX). Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) failed to detect the aneuploidy because of a normal average dosage of the X chromosome. This case represents an unusual instance in which CMA may not detect chromosomal aber...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Markus-Bustani K,Yaron Y,Goldstein M,Orr-Urtreger A,Ben-Shachar S

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:We present the first confirmed case by molecular analysis of a metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, McKusick type, in a 22-week fetus. Two novel compound heterozygous mutations, 64T> A and 79G > T, were found in the highly conserved regions of the RMRP gene. Twenty-two heterozygous g.1018 T> C mutations, two homozygous g.101...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lam AC,Chan DH,Tong TM,Tang MH,Lo SY,Lo IF,Lam ST

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of prenatal diagnosis of Fanconi anaemia (FA) in a pair of twins at 14 weeks of gestation. The parents had previously had two children: a healthy boy and a boy with FA belonging to complementation group C (FAC). The FA patient is a compound heterozygote, carrying a 322delG and a IVS4+4A-->T mutation ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kwee ML,Lo Ten Foe JR,Arwert F,Pals G,Madan K,Nieuwint A,In't Veld PA,Van der Horst AR,Van Vugt JM,Ten Kate LP

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a severe autosomal recessive disease, rare but not infrequent in Italy. Owing to the seriousness of the disease, prenatal diagnosis has been attempted in the past by means of cytogenetic, biochemical, radio-biological and indirect molecular analyses. We performed the first direct molecula...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chessa L,Piane M,Prudente S,Carducci C,Mazzilli MC,Pachti A,Negrini M,Narducci MG,Russo G,Frati L

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of cells from amniotic fluid was studied with respect to cell concentration in the inoculum, blood contamination of the fluid, fluid colour, fluid clarity, gestational age of the pregnancy, and growth factors. Dependent variables measured were colony formation, colony size, and colony morphology after 7, 11, an...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Seguin LR,Palmer CG

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1993, the position of the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) has been that prenatal interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is investigational. In 1997, the FDA cleared the AneuVysion assay (Vysis, Inc.) to enumerate chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y for prenatal diagnosis. Data is presented ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tepperberg J,Pettenati MJ,Rao PN,Lese CM,Rita D,Wyandt H,Gersen S,White B,Schoonmaker MM

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is one of the most common tumors in newborns with a birth prevalence of up to 1 in 21,700 births. Routine fetal anomaly screening programs allow for prenatal diagnosis in many cases. Fetal ultrasound with Doppler evaluation and more recently magnetic resonance imaging may be used to docum...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gucciardo L,Uyttebroek A,De Wever I,Renard M,Claus F,Devlieger R,Lewi L,De Catte L,Deprest J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA), when detected in amniocentesis, is usually an unexpected result of a test carried out for another purpose. For most SCAs, the prognosis is milder and less predictable than trisomy 21, and therefore parents are faced with a difficult decision regarding the option of pregnancy terminatio...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sagi M,Meiner V,Reshef N,Dagan J,Zlotogora J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve second-trimester fetuses with cystic hygroma underwent fetal blood sampling for rapid karyotyping, haematologic evaluation, and blood gas analysis. An abnormal karyotype was found in seven cases: monosomy X in five, trisomy 21 in one, and trisomy 13 in the other. Eight of ten fetuses undergoing blood gas analys...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tannirandorn Y,Nicolini U,Nicolaidis PC,Fisk NM,Arulkumaran S,Rodeck CH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00