Diagnostic accuracy, work-up, and outcomes of pregnancies with clubfoot detected by prenatal sonography.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the population parameters applied to the calculation of risk for Down syndrome (DS) in the first trimester screening (FTS) and the comparison of performance obtained including or excluding maternal age from the mathematical algorithm. METHODS:Three different calculation engines for prenatal risk ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Martínez-Morillo E,García BP,Calvo FM,Alvarez FV

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency of cytotrophoblastic cells in endocervical samples collected by lavage at early stages of gestation using a specific anti-HLA-G McAb (G233). From a set of four selected samples, cells identified by immunostaining were collected by laser microdissection and then tested by quantitative f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bulmer JN,Cioni R,Bussani C,Cirigliano V,Sole F,Costa C,Garcia P,Adinolfi M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this article is to describe the diagnostic significance of prenatal identification of dilated supra-pineal recess (SPR) in cases of ventriculomegaly. METHOD:A retrospective study, based on neurosonography and magnetic resonance imaging, of a series of five prenatal cases referred to our inst...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Azzi C,Giaconia MB,Lacalm A,Massoud M,Gaucherand P,Guibaud L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) is a semi-quantitative marker for fetal brain-sparing. Our purpose was to measure the CPR at the time of treatment with selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessels in gestations with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) to test its association with neurological ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chmait RH,Chon AH,Schrager SM,Llanes A,Hamilton A,Vanderbilt DL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of any screening test is influenced by knowledge of the condition being screened for. In the present study, the knowledge and the source of knowledge of women offered antenatal screening for Down syndrome (DS) was assessed by means of a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chilaka VN,Konje JC,Stewart CR,Narayan H,Taylor DJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness and costs of prenatal screening programmes for Down's syndrome using maternal serum markers will vary significantly depending on the biological cut-off values chosen in order to select women, at each maternal age, who will be sent for amniocentesis. On the basis of the first French prospective study ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Seror V,Muller F,Moatti JP,Le Gales C,Boue A

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Although fetal cells have been known to escape to the maternal circulation for a number of years, research attempts to use them for prenatal diagnosis have not had any consistent success. This review attempts to trace the history of such attempts and to document their progress and reasons for success or failure. The o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jackson L

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the association between aneuploidy and fetal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) is presented. By reviewing the world prospective and retrospective studies, one cannot reach an agreed conclusion since different study designs were used and meta analysis is not feasible. Our experience is that as a solitary ultrasono...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sharony R

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the associations of crown-rump length (CRL) discrepancy with birthweight discordance in spontaneous versus in vitro fertilization (IVF) monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies. METHOD:This is a multicenter retrospective study on women with twin pregnancies assessed for ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ben-Ami I,Daniel-Spiegel E,Battino S,Melcer Y,Floeck A,Geipel A,Miron P,Maymon R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of altering image size on the absolute nuchal translucency (NT) measurement. METHODS:NT was measured at three image magnifications (60%, 100% and 200%) in 120 singleton pregnancies. RESULTS:The mean +/- SD NT measurements were 1.52 +/- 0.57 mm, 1.35 +/- 0.53 mm and 1.18 +/- 0.48 mm at ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Edwards A,Mulvey S,Wallace EM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Audit the crown-rump length (CRL) measurements taken at 11 to 13 weeks scan, using operator-specific median multiples of the median (MoM) for pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) and free β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) plots, to identify deviations potentially related to a systematic CRL bia...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sabria J,Guirado L,Miró I,Gómez-Roig MD,Borrell A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to describe the development, characteristics, and initial use of an instrument for assessing knowledge about maternal serum screening (MSS). Items for a knowledge scale were selected based on a review of educational materials, the literature, and expert opinion. Items were pre-tested for comprehensib...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Goel V,Glazier R,Holzapfel S,Pugh P,Summers A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a liveborn infant with severe intrauterine growth retardation and renal failure, delivered following detection of non-mosaic trisomy 2 by chorionic villus biopsy in the first trimester. Detailed analysis post-delivery indicated apparent complete trisomy 2 of the chorionic tissues, with a chromosomally normal...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Webb AL,Sturgiss S,Warwicker P,Robson SC,Goodship JA,Wolstenholme J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present prenatally detected mosaic tetrasomy for distal chromosome 15q and a review of the literature. CLINICAL SUBJECT AND METHODS:Amniocentesis was performed at 17 weeks' gestation because of advanced maternal age. Cytogenetic analysis revealed mosaicism for an analphoid supernumerary marker chromosome...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen CP,Lin CC,Li YC,Chern SR,Lee CC,Chen WL,Lee MS,Wang W,Tzen CY

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of a predictive model for early onset preeclampsia (PE) during early gestation. METHOD:Prospective multicenter cohort study was performed in women attending 11-14 weeks ultrasound. Medical history and biometrical variables were recorded and uterine art...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Caradeux J,Serra R,Nien JK,Pérez-Sepulveda A,Schepeler M,Guerra F,Gutiérrez J,Martínez J,Cabrera C,Figueroa-Diesel H,Soothill P,Illanes SE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single umbilical artery is among the most common funicular vascular anomalies. In contrast, umbilical artery stenosis is rare, and has only been reported in three-vessel cords. We describe a case of single umbilical artery stenosis in a fetus with no associated malformations. Intrauterine fetal death occurred at 28 we...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Meir K,Yagel S,Amsalem H,Ariel I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of amylo-1,6-glucosidase activity was expressed in parallel in liver and skin fibroblasts from a patient with type III glycogenosis. In crude extracts of control liver and muscle, amylo-1,6-glucosidase (M.W. 164000) was identified by immunoprecipitation; no cross-reacting material was found in the patient's...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Besley GT,Cohen PT,Faed MJ,Wolstenholme J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between February 1994 and February 1997 a group of 881 women completed a questionnaire on the use of folic acid. During the study period the percentage of women who had been informed about the benefits of folic acid rose from 41 per cent to 90 per cent and the percentage taking supplementation rose from 18 per cent to...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Brandenburg H,Traas MA,Laudy J,Ursem N,Westerveld AM,Wladimiroff JW

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of early vaginal bleeding on first-trimester markers for Down syndrome. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted on 2330 normal singleton fetuses who underwent first-trimester combined screening for Down syndrome based on ultrasound and maternal serum markers. Fetal nuchal translucen...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： De Biasio P,Canini S,Crovo A,Prefumo F,Venturini PL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal triploidy is commonly found in early pregnancy. The majority of these pregnancies spontaneously abort in the first trimester. Occasionally, the pregnancy progresses to the second and third trimesters. We reviewed the maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP), amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), amniotic fluid...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pircon RA,Towers CV,Porto M,Gocke SE,Garite TJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Meckel-Gruber syndrome was diagnosed by embryoscopy at 10 menstrual weeks, allowing for early termination of pregnancy. Post-mortem examination confirmed the presence of polydactyly and bilateral cystic lesions of the mesonephros and metanephros. Both the forming nephrons and the collecting ducts were involv...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Dumez Y,Dommergues M,Gubler MC,Bunduki V,Narcy F,LeMerrer M,Mandelbrot L,Berkowitz R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of prenatal ultrasound has proven efficacious for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities. The first sonographic sign of Down syndrome, the thickened nuchal fold, was first described in 1985. Since that time, multiple sonographically-identified markers have been described as associated with Down sy...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shipp TD,Benacerraf BR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An i(Yp) is a rare marker chromosome. We present a case of de novo 46,X,i(Yp) detected prenatally in an amniotic fluid specimen. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies using a panel of Y-specific biotinylated DNA probes identified the marker chromosome as i(Yp). Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wang BB,Yu LC,Peng W,Falk RE,Williams J 3rd

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a potentially devastating condition, which may lead to intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) in the fetus or neonate, often with death or major neurological damage as consequence. In the absence of screening, preventive measures are only possible in the next pregnancy...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kamphuis MM,Oepkes D

更新日期：2011-07-01 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: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：:Complete laryngeal atresia is a rare congenital malformation that is known to cause hypertrophy of the fetal lung in utero. A fetus with laryngeal atresia was found to have markedly immature amniotic fluid lung maturity studies at term. Inappropriately low amniotic fluid lung maturity studies may be an important clue ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Watson WJ,Munson DP

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00