Twin-twin transfusion syndrome: mathematical modelling.

abstract：:Two consecutive pregnancies in a woman with initially undiagnosed type I distal arthrogryposis (DA) are reported. A prenatal diagnosis of the condition was made by ultrasound in the 17th week of gestation in one of the pregnancies, whereas in the subsequent pregnancy the disorder was excluded as early as 13 weeks' ges...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bui TH,Lindholm H,Demir N,Thomassen P

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From both presentations, it is clear that understanding the APO associated with placental dysfunction represents one of the greatest challenges in the field of prenatal screening, diagnosis, and therapy. Their clinical impact on the health of the mother and child was well recognized by the debaters, and both have agre...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chiu RW,Myatt L,Otaño L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of frontonasal dysplasia. This represents a very rare disorder involving the face (hypertelorism, median cleft lip, absence of the nasal tip) and often the central nervous system (CNS) (cranium bifidum occultum, ethmoidal cephalocele, agenesis of the corpus callosum). ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Martinelli P,Russo R,Agangi A,Paladini D

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:A method is described to combine the ultrasound marker nuchal translucency (NT) with serum markers so that they can be used together in prenatal screening for Down syndrome in twin pregnancies. For monochorionic twin pregnancies (taken as monozygous), the two fetus-specific NT measurements are averaged before risk is ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wald NJ,Rish S,Hackshaw AK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child was tentatively diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis, based on neonatal presentation with severe gastrointestinal complications; the diagnosis was not confirmed biochemically and no tissues were available for DNA analysis. The mother presented in her subsequent pregnancy, and microvillar enzyme analysis of cell...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carey WF,Nelson PV,Raymond S,Morris CP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven twin pregnancies among 3676 patients who had a genetic amniocentesis between 1973 and 1979, are reported. The detection rate of twins at the time of amniocentesis was 62 per cent. Five (17 per cent) of the 29 women with detected twin pregnancy aborted spontaneously, these are compared with 1 (6 per cent) o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Palle C,Andersen JW,Tabor A,Lauritsen JG,Bang J,Philip J

更新日期：1983-04-01 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:Placental cytogenetic studies may reveal the origin of discordant noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). We performed placental studies to elucidate discordances between NIPT showing a structural chromosome aberration and the fetus having a different chromosome aberration in three cases. METHOD:Diagnostic test...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Van Opstal D,van Veen S,Joosten M,Diderich KEM,Govaerts LCP,Polak J,van Koetsveld N,Boter M,Go ATJI,Papatsonis DNM,Prinsen K,Hoefsloot LH,Srebniak MI

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coelocentesis was performed in 20 singleton pregnancies at 6-10 weeks of gestation and 2-13 days before planned termination. The control group consisted of 100 women who were also undergoing planned termination and were matched with the study group for maternal age and gestation. During the follow-up period, there wer...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ross JA,Jurkovic D,Nicolaides K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine hundred and thirty-six prenatal chromosomal analyses were performed by four cytogenetic centres after ultrasound diagnosis of fetal abnormalities, amniotic fluid disorders, fetal growth retardation, and fetal or placental abnormalities. During the same period, 6515 fetal karyotypes were analysed because of matern...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Eydoux P,Choiset A,Le Porrier N,Thépot F,Szpiro-Tapia S,Alliet J,Ramond S,Viel JF,Gautier E,Morichon N

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to identify maternal characteristics associated with a failed cell-free DNA (cfDNA) test due to a low fetal fraction (FF). METHOD:Retrospective cohort study of women with singleton pregnancies who had cfDNA screening at 10-25 weeks gestation between October 2011 and January 2...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Burns W,Koelper N,Barberio A,Deagostino-Kelly M,Mennuti M,Sammel MD,Dugoff L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome (SLOS) caused by a deficit of 3beta-hydroxysterol-Delta7 reductase was the first sterol deficit described with multiple malformations. The lack of specificity of many morphological abnormalities detected by ultrasound and their frequency have justified routine screening of amniotic...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chevy F,Humbert L,Wolf C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the age-related increase in the birth prevalence of Down syndrome is less for women with higher levels of education due to their more frequent use of prenatal diagnosis. METHODS:We compared the effects of maternal age on the odds of Down syndrome at birth, and on amniocentesis use...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Khoshnood B,Wall S,Pryde P,Lee KS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of Dandy-Walker malformation was made on the ultrasonographic evaluation of a 33-week male fetus. Pedigree analysis revealed a family history of isolated Dandy-Walker malformation in three other males, suggesting an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cowles T,Furman P,Wilkins I

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Clinical symptoms and ultrasound signs during pregnancy could suggest the presence of esophageal atresia (EA). However, most often EA is diagnosed postnatally. The aim of our study is to evaluate the course and outcome for prenatally and postnatally diagnosed EA. In addition, we studied the outcome of isolat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： de Jong EM,de Haan MA,Gischler SJ,Hop W,Cohen-Overbeek TE,Bax NM,de Klein A,Tibboel D,Grijseels EW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reliable cost-effective protocol for the diagnosis of various defective genes in single blastomeres from preimplantation embryos has been established. Single cells were lysed in alkali buffer followed by neutralization and addition of a solution containing a high concentration of sulfhydryl reducing agents and MgCl(...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tsai YH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two severely growth-retarded fetuses found to have maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) for chromosome 16 and trisomy 16 placental mosaicism both had an unfavourable outcome. Antenatally, the first case was complicated by an unexplained raised maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein concentration, preterm premature rupture of t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Vaughan J,Ali Z,Bower S,Bennett P,Chard T,Moore G

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken in an attempt to determine the significance of elevated maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin (MShCG), in the presence of an otherwise normal screen with respect to fetal malformations, chromosomal aberrations, and pregnancy outcome. Targeted ultrasound findings and perinatal outcome of...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fejgin MD,Kedar I,Amiel A,Ben-Tovim T,Chen R,Petel Y,Tepper R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The articles collected together in this issue describe first-trimester screening for a variety of complications. With the advance of both technology and research, early pregnancy screening is becoming ever more sophisticated and complex. While there are clear benefits to most women receiving early reassurance that the...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fisher J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a case of partial 6q trisomy diagnosed prenatally. METHOD:A 28-year-old woman underwent genetic amniocentesis at 23 weeks of gestation on the detection of an enlarged nuchal fold (8.5 mm), which was the only clinical abnormality on routine ultrasound examination. Fetal karyotyping revealed a parti...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Valerio D,Di Domenico A,Felicetti M,La Boccetta A,Ferrara C,Antonio N,Borrelli AL

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We sought to compare the fetal nasal bone length (FNBL) between different ethnic groups at 11-14 weeks' gestation. METHODS:FNBL and the FNBL/CRL ratio were measured in patients undergoing first trimester ultrasound for nuchal translucency (NT) and the ethnicity of the patient was recorded under four categori...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Collado F,Bombard A,Li V,Julliard K,Aptekar L,Weiner Z

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:We report a case of maternal uniparental disomy 2, detected through routine screening of placental karyotypes following the finding of 'atypical' AFP/hCG levels in the second trimester, with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) but otherwise normal outcome at term. Although the child remained small, subsequent early...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wolstenholme J,White I,Sturgiss S,Carter J,Plant N,Goodship JA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to validate the diagnostic accuracy of a non-invasive prenatal test for detecting trisomies 13, 18, and 21 for a population in Germany and Switzerland. METHODS:Random massively parallel sequencing was applied using Illumina sequencing platform HiSeq2000. Fetal aneuploidies were...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Stumm M,Entezami M,Haug K,Blank C,Wüstemann M,Schulze B,Raabe-Meyer G,Hempel M,Schelling M,Ostermayer E,Langer-Freitag S,Burkhardt T,Zimmermann R,Schleicher T,Weil B,Schöck U,Smerdka P,Grömminger S,Kumar Y,Hofmann W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct new reference charts and equations for fetal biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference (AC) and femur diaphysis length (FDL) from Korean fetuses at 12-40 weeks. METHOD:Prospective cross-sectional data obtained in one center for 5 years from a population of pregn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jung SI,Lee YH,Moon MH,Song MJ,Min JY,Kim JA,Park JH,Yang JH,Kim MY,Chung JH,Cho JY,Kim KG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a fetus with a hypoplastic right ventricle detected by prenatal ultrasound examination. A possible causal relationship with prenatal valproate exposure is discussed. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： ten Berg K,van Oppen AC,Nikkels PG,Gittenberger-de Groot AC,van der Voet GB,Brilstra EH,Lindhout D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the occurrence of in utero acquired limb ischemia in two referral institutions managing monochorionic (MC) twins with and without twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and estimate its prevalence. METHODS:All MC twin pregnancies assessed at two referral units between 2002 and 2007 were retros...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lopriore E,Lewi L,Oepkes D,Debeer A,Vandenbussche FP,Deprest J,Walther FJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to detect aneuploidy in single fetal nucleated red blood cells (FNRBCs) from placental villi using whole genome amplification (WGA) and next generation sequencing. METHODS:Three single FNRBCs per sample were manually picked from villi collected from ten women undergoing electiv...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hua R,Barrett AN,Tan TZ,Huang Z,Mahyuddin AP,Ponnusamy S,Sandhu JS,Ho SS,Chan JK,Chong S,Quan S,Choolani M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00