Should we offer prenatal testing for 17q12 microdeletion syndrome to all cases with prenatally diagnosed echogenic kidneys? Prenatal findings in two families with 17q12 microdeletion syndrome and review of the literature.

abstract：:Pachyonychia congenita type 1 (PC-1) is an autosomal dominant ectodermal dysplasia characterized by severe nail dystrophy, focal non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (FNEPPK) and oral lesions. We have previously shown that mutations in keratin K16 cause fragility of specific epithelia resulting in phenotypes of ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Smith FJ,McKusick VA,Nielsen K,Pfendner E,Uitto J,McLean WH

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to keep subscribers up-to-date with the latest developments in their field, John Wiley & Sons are providing a current awareness service in each issue of the journal. The bibliography contains newly published material in the field of prenatal diagnosis. Each bibliography is divided into 17 sections: 1 Reviews;...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors：

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity levels of total and placental alkaline phosphatase (AP) were determined in maternal serum and neutrophils of normal and Down syndrome pregnancies. The placental iso-enzyme (PAP) was identified by its relative stability to urea and heat. Significant increase in the activity of all iso-enzymes across gestationa...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Peleg L,Ries L,Getslev V,Lusky A,Chaki R,Lipitz S,Barkai G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal serum CA 125 levels were determined at 9-11 menstrual weeks for 26 cases of trisomy 13 (n = 4), trisomy 18 (n = 7), trisomy 21 (n = 15), and appropriate controls. There were no statistically significant differences between groups. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Norton ME,Golbus MS

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the case-control study of 118 women with autosomal trisomy identified at prenatal diagnosis and their 442 karyotypically normal matched controls, we found that there was no overall association between risk of trisomy and the presence of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy. However, a lengthy duration of bleeding appe...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Neugut RH,Lustenberger A,Nicholas A,Kline J,Warburton D

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:Manifestations of Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C (FA-C) include multiple major congenital malformations, hypoplastic radius, absent thumb, growth retardation, elfin-like facial features, microphthalmia, microcephaly, cafe-au-lait spots, early onset of hematologic disease and poor survival (Auerbach, 1997). We ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Merrill A,Rosenblum-Vos L,Driscoll DA,Daley K,Treat K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this research was to compare the impact of varying degrees of visceral herniation on the growth rates of the contralateral and ipsilateral fetal lungs in cases of isolated left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS:Data were retrieved from 58 fetuses with isolated left-sided CDH und...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Phithakwatchara N,Coleman A,Peiro JL,Lee AE,Keswani SG,Kline-Fath B,Lim FY,Shaaban AF

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty perinatal solid tissue samples were used in a pilot study to test the efficacy of collagenase disaggregation onto coverslips, open system culture under low O2 conditions, pre-harvest incubation in bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and colcemid, and in situ automated harvesting. Following the success of the pilot study, ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fisher AM,Cockwell AE,Moore KJ,Gregson NM,Campbell PL,Campbell CM,Herbert A,Barber JC,Crolla JA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a prenatal case with a 45,X,dic(Y;15) (q11.23;p11.1) karyotype and describe the inheritance pattern of the chromosome 15s. Chromosome 15 has an imprinted region and inheritance of both chromosome 15 from one parent results in either Angelman syndrome (AS) (paternal inheritance) or Prader Willi syndrome (PWS...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： White LM,Treat K,Leff A,Styers D,Mitchell M,Knoll JH

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:We have evaluated the effect of maternal intravenous immunoglobulin G (ivIgG) treatment on platelet counts in fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Seven patients were studied. All of them were multiparous women who had been immunized against the HPA-1a antigen during previous pregnancies and had given birth to at least ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Giers G,Hoch J,Bauer H,Bald R,Kiefel V,Kroll H,Hansmann M,Hanfland P,Mueller-Eckhardt C,Scharf RE

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To add to the knowledge of chromosomal abnormalities associated with Dandy-Walker malformation. METHODS:Molecular cytogenetic analyses of a chorionic villus sampling and of an amniocentesis of a fetus with Dandy-Walker malformation and abnormal somatic development. RESULTS:All cells examined showed a 47, X...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hengstschläger M,Bettelheim D,Drahonsky R,Repa C,Deutinger J,Bernaschek G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital megalourethra is a rare disorder. We present an early case diagnosed in the first trimester. Prenatal ultrasound showed a megalourethra with a normal fetal bladder, hyperechogenic cystic right kidney and single umbilical artery. After termination of pregnancy, necropsy confirmed all sonographic findings and...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Krapp M,Geipel A,Germer U,Krokowski M,Gembruch U

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Counselling in connection with prenatal diagnosis (PND) is a common task for the obstetrician and the midwife. However, the decision making processes of pregnant women are not completely known, for instance, the questions of women's autonomy, the decision on how to act in the case of an abnormal test, and the partner'...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sjögren B,Uddenberg N

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of sirenomelia are described, detected in the 14th and 16th weeks of gestation by transvaginal ultrasonography. A hypothesis for the aetiology of sirenomelia and its associated anomalies is discussed. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： van Zalen-Sprock MM,van Vugt JM,van der Harten JJ,van Geijn HP

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of early diagnosis at 13 weeks' gestational age of Meckel-Gruber syndrome by ultrasound is reported in a patient with a 25 per cent recurrence risk. The usefulness of genetic counselling and aimed echographic examination is discussed. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pachì A,Giancotti A,Torcia F,de Prosperi V,Maggi E

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

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：:The pregnancy outcome of 1936 women who had transcervical chorionic villus sampling (CVS) with a flexible biopsy forceps was evaluated. Follow-up until 4 weeks after delivery was 99.4 per cent. Various patient- and procedure-related risk factors for spontaneous loss (fetal or neonatal death) were analysed using stepwi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lunshof S,Boer K,Leschot NJ,Pomp M,Wolf H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During one year, five second trimester fetuses with cystic hygromata and varying degrees of oedema presented to the authors from hospitals in the West of Scotland. Two fetuses had 45X karyotypes, one each had 47XY + 21 and 47XX + 18 karyotypes, and the fifth had a normal 46XY karyotype. Fetal oedema detectable by ultr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Redford DH,McNay MB,Ferguson-Smith ME,Jamieson ME

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:The prenatal detection rate of congenital heart disease (CHD) is low compared with other fetal malformations. Our aim was to evaluate the prenatal detection of CHD in Eastern Denmark. METHODS:Fetuses and infants diagnosed with CHD in the period 01.01.2008-31.12.2010 were assessed regarding prenatal detectio...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jørgensen DE,Vejlstrup N,Jørgensen C,Maroun LL,Steensberg J,Hessellund A,Jørgensen FS,Larsen T,Shalmi AC,Skibsted L,Zingenberg H,Ekelund C,Tabor A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify expressed sequence tag (EST) clusters preferentially expressed in placentas. METHODS:The National Center for Biotechnology's online UniGene database contains 14 placenta libraries. In silico (computer-based) subtraction compared placenta libraries against the remaining libraries to identify tran...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Miner D,Rajkovic A

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:Diagnosis of twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) syndrome is a rare fetal anomaly that can be misdiagnosed on prenatal ultrasound. We confirmed the use of colour-flow Doppler for prenatal diagnosis of TRAP syndrome and used serial fetal echocardiography for non-invasive evaluation of the fetus. A patient with twin...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Osborn P,Gross TL,Shah JJ,Ma L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explores the underlying values and beliefs that guide women's reasoning on prenatal genetic test (PGT) uptake, as framed by their own words, during a group discussion, in a Catholic country such as Italy. METHODS:Women's reasoning was explored by means of five focus group consisting of seven pregn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pivetti M,Montali L,Simonetti G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Accounting for possible recombinations in developing an accurate preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) protocol based on familial haplotypes. METHODS:Haplotypes were constructed from genomic DNA in a family where the male was affected with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Embryos were biopsied at day 3, a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Altarescu G,Eldar Geva T,Brooks B,Margalioth E,Levy-Lahad E,Renbaum P

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00