Evaluation of regional left ventricular longitudinal function in 151 normal fetuses using velocity vector imaging.

abstract：:Amniocentesis performed after 24 weeks' gestation following ultrasonographic diagnosis of isolated unilateral hydronephrosis showed a de novo extra structurally abnormal chromosome in all cells examined. A combination of conventional and molecular cytogenetic techniques characterized the supernumerary marker as a dice...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lohmann L,Chelloug N,Rosales B,Guérin C,Lyonnet S,Jonveaux P,Simon-Bouy B

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to assess the influence of intra-uterine insemination (IUI) on the results of maternal serum Down syndrome screening. 43 women with IUI pregnancies and 4507 healthy women who conceived were studied. Ovulation in IUI pregnancies was induced by clomiphene and/or human menopausal gonadotrophi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hsu TY,Ou CY,Hsu JJ,Kung FT,Chang SY,Soong YK

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of uterine (UtA) and umbilical arteries (UA) Doppler examination at 28 weeks to predict adverse pregnancy outcomes in women who had increased resistance in UtA in the early second trimester. METHODS:Women with UtA mean pulsatility index (PI) above...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ventura W,De Paco Matallana C,Prieto-Sanchez MT,Macizo MI,Pertegal M,Nieto A,Delgado JL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of cytogenetic prenatal diagnoses are performed on chorionic villus samplings. The accuracy of this method is influenced by chromosomal mosaicism, mostly confined to direct preparation methods. Especially those investigators who have experienced false-negative and false-positive findings propagate...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kennerknecht I,Barbi G,Wolf M,Djalali M,Grab D,Terinde R,Vogel W

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone treatment in pregnancy might be difficult to handle because of the long half-life of the drug (14-28 days up to 2 months) and because it reduces maternal and neonatal thyroid activity. Although short-term use in pregnancy has been described in cases of fetal supraventricular tachycardia, there are few repor...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Valensise H,Civitella C,Garzetti GG,Romanini C

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the visualization rates of fetal anatomic structures by three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) at 12-13 weeks of gestation. STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective observational study of women presenting for nuchal translucency ultrasound. Five 3D volumes of the fetus were acquired transabdominally. Tw...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bhaduri M,Fong K,Toi A,Tomlinson G,Okun N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare liver volume between trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses at 11 to 13 weeks' gestation. METHODS:Fetal liver volume was measured by 3D ultrasound in fetuses at low risk of aneuploidies (n = 200) and another group at high risk, including 148 euploid and 37 with trisomy 21. The association of liver volume...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gielchinsky Y,Zvanca M,Minekawa R,Persico N,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal mosaicism in amniotic fluid cells poses a serious dilemma in prenatal diagnosis since the observation may represent: (1) pseudomosaicism--an inconsequential tissue culture artefact; or (2) true mosaicism--occurring in approximately 0.20 per cent of amniocenteses with a significant impact on pregnancy outco...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Schwartz S,Ashai S,Meijboom EJ,Schwartz MF,Sun CC,Cohen MM

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：:There is an increasing number of reports relating chorionic villus sampling (CVS) to transverse limb reduction defects or the oromandibular limb hypogenesis complex. In addition, a correlation has been established between the severity of the defect and the gestational age when CVS is performed. Several hypotheses have...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： van der Zee DC,Bax KM,Vermeij-Keers C

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Early elective termination of pregnancy is the most common outcome of a diagnosis of anencephaly in developed countries. Experience and expertise with management of ongoing pregnancies is limited. We aimed to investigate the natural history of these pregnancies from diagnosis to delivery and to determine timi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Obeidi N,Russell N,Higgins JR,O'Donoghue K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal cells in maternal blood still present an enticing alternative for the development of a safe and efficacious non-invasive method for prenatal diagnosis. However, most enrichment methods are very tedious and have failed to realise this long sought after goal. We developed a simple, robust TaqMan real-tim...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zhong XY,Holzgreve W,Hahn S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on 9350 pregnant Japanese women who were screened by serum triple-marker determination, accuracy of predicted risk for Down syndrome was examined using 24 Down syndrome cases detected either prenatally or postnatally. The correlation is statistically very high (r = 0.98) between the predicted risks and the preva...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Onda T,Tanaka T,Takeda O,Kitagawa M,Kuwabara Y,Yamamoto H,Iinuma K,Shimomura K

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analysis of maternal urine and serum steroids from 13 pregnancies at 25% risk for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) was undertaken. All patients were between 12 and 31 weeks' gestational age. From dehydrocholesterol/cholesterol ratios determined in amniotic fluid and chor...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shackleton CH,Roitman E,Kratz L,Kelley R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Screening of fetuses at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation for Down syndrome using stored volumes acquired by a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. METHOD:Thirty-four healthy singleton fetuses were recruited consecutively and prospectively during routine first trimester scans in our unit. Two-dimensional (2D) images o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shaw SW,Hsieh TT,Hsu JJ,Lee CL,Cheng PJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to test for an association between the amount of circulating fetal cell-free DNA and trisomy, and whether NIPS failure due to low fetal fraction indicates trisomy risk. METHOD:Maternal BMI, maternal age, fetal sex, gestational age, fetal cfDNA fraction, and NIPS results was collected on 2374 pregnan...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lopes JL,Lopes GS,Enninga EAL,Kearney HM,Hoppman NL,Rowsey RA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between absence of nasal bone on ultrasound and Down syndrome in fetuses at 11-14 weeks of pregnancy. METHODS:One hundred and ninety-four consecutive fetuses from singleton pregnancies undergoing chorionic villi sampling (CVS) were evaluated by transabdominal ultrasound. A sagitt...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Otaño L,Aiello H,Igarzábal L,Matayoshi T,Gadow EC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz (RSH) syndrome (SLOS, OMIM 270400) is a relatively common, autosomal recessive disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis with a broad spectrum of phenotypic abnormalities caused by mutations of the 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene (DHCR7) on chromosome 11. Prenatal diagnosis can be established by detec...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Loeffler J,Utermann G,Witsch-Baumgartner M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we expanded conventional cell-free fetal DNA (cfDNA)-based non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to cover the entire genome. We aimed to compare the performance of the two tests in a large general population of pregnant women, in order to assess the clinical utility of the genome-wide screening....

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fiorentino F,Bono S,Pizzuti F,Duca S,Polverari A,Faieta M,Baldi M,Diano L,Spinella F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether systemic arteriovenous fistula occurring during the fetal period could induce pulmonary hypertension at birth, a fistula was surgically created between the carotid artery and jugular vein of fetal lambs at 120 days' gestation. Mean pressures in the left pulmonary artery, aorta, atrium a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jouannic JM,Martinovic J,Roussin R,Laborde F,Dumez Y,Dinh-Xuan AT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a woman with a partial hydatidiform molar pregnancy with 69,XXY karyotype, the presence of male fetal cells of trophoblastic origin was demonstrated in maternal blood by X/Y-chromosome specific PCR and by immunostaining combined with FISH on two cell populations isolated from maternal blood. Blood was obtained thre...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： van Wijk IJ,de Hoon AC,Griffioen S,Mulders MA,Tjoa ML,van Vugt JM,Oudejans CB

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical, emotional and moral difficulties that French midwives encounter in the labor ward while performing termination of pregnancy (TOP) for fetal abnormality. SETTING:Six public maternity hospitals located in the Ile de France region, two of which were referral centers for prenatal diagnosi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Garel M,Etienne E,Blondel B,Dommergues M

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Fetal cardiac intervention was first proposed in the early 1990s to impact cardiac development and survival of fetuses with fetal aortic stenosis and evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Although initial attempts of fetal aortic valvuloplasty were unsuccessful and carried a high rate of morbidity and morta...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Guseh SH,Friedman KG,Wilkins-Haug LE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether fetal nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) could be distinguished from maternal cells in peripheral blood using an erythroblast scoring system based on the unique morphological and hemoglobin staining characteristics of this cell type. Presumptive fetal NRBCs were f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cha DH,Khosrotehrani K,Bianchi DW,Johnson KL

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00