The association between anticoagulation therapy, maternal characteristics, and a failed cfDNA test due to a low fetal fraction.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a series of cases with a sonographic thick and heterogeneous placenta, and to review the literature. METHODS:A series of 16 cases were analyzed. A heterogeneous placenta was defined as a thick placenta with a patchy decrease of echogenicity, which quivered like jelly to sharp abdominal pressure. A...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Raio L,Ghezzi F,Cromi A,Nelle M,Dürig P,Schneider H

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Cytogenetic microarray analysis (CMA) in prenatal testing detects chromosome abnormalities and new genetic syndromes that would be missed by conventional cytogenetics and has the potential to significantly enhance prenatal genetic evaluation. A large Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health and Human ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wapner RJ,Driscoll DA,Simpson JL

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To explore the effect of maternal rhesus status on first-trimester screening markers for Down syndrome. METHODS:We accessed a database of singleton pregnancies undergoing first-trimester genetic screen with maternal Rh status documented and pregnancy outcome information available. Excluded were cases of fet...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Muhcu M,Mungen E,Atay V,Ipcioglu OM,Dundar O,Ergur R,Yergok YZ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence of structural and chromosomal abnormalities in cases of fetal edema on early ultrasound prior to non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). METHODS:A retrospective study of women undergoing pre-NIPT ultrasound with fetal crown-rump length (CRL) of 28 to 44 mm was conducted at a tertia...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ramkrishna J,Menezes M,Humnabadkar K,Tse C,Maxfield MJ,da Silva Costa F,Rolnik DL,Meagher S

更新日期：2020-10-17 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate decision analysis as a technique to facilitate women's decision-making about prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome using measures of effective decision-making. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial in a UK hospital's prenatal diagnosis clinic. INTERVENTION:Routine versus routine consultation structu...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bekker HL,Hewison J,Thornton JG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a reliable and specific technique for rapid prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. METHODS:High throughput real-time PCR technique was used to measure the DSCR3 gene dosage of genomic DNAs from uncultured amniocytes of fetuses, lymphocytes of trisomy 21 syndrome patients, and normal people, compare...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hu Y,Zheng M,Xu Z,Wang X,Cui H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prenatal ultrasound detection rates (DR) of neural tube defects (NTDs) and its evolution over the 1992 to 2006 period in the pregnant population of the city of Barcelona. METHODS:Data on the population-based register of birth defects were used to assess the evolution of the prenatal DR for iso...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Salvador J,Arigita M,Carreras E,Lladonosa A,Borrell A

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare hereditary disease with a high neonatal mortality. Currently, prenatal diagnosis is possible only during the second half of pregnancy, when bilaterally enlarged, echogenic kidneys are visible by ultrasound. We describe a case in which a diagnosis of ARPKD...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wisser J,Hebisch G,Froster U,Zerres K,Stallmach T,Leumann E,Schinzel A,Huch A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The sickle gene is prevalent in the scheduled caste and tribal populations in India. The clinical presentation of sickle cell disease is extremely variable, and there are no neonatal screening programmes. This is the first report on prenatal diagnosis of sickle syndromes in 85 couples at risk (sickle cell an...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Colah R,Surve R,Nadkarni A,Gorakshakar A,Phanasgaonkar S,Satoskar P,Mohanty D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inexpensive and accurate carrier testing for cystic fibrosis (CF) will be possible in the near future. There are no existing studies on the attitudes of English persons in the community to carrier testing for CF or any other recessive disorder. We have conducted a trial study of 166 persons at two schools, two doctors...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Williamson R,Allison ME,Bentley TJ,Lim SM,Watson E,Chapple J,Adam S,Boulton M

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Amniotic fluid samples received for routine prenatal diagnosis of open neural tube defects were used for a study to compare amniotic fluid acetylcholinesterase (AChE) determination using a monoclonal antibody (4F19) enzyme antigen immunoassay and amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) measurement as diagnostic tests f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Loft AG,Høgdall E,Larsen SO,Nørgaard-Pedersen B

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Advances in prenatal genetics place additional challenges as patients must receive information about a growing array of screening and testing options. This raises concerns about how to achieve a shared decision-making process that prepares patients to make an informed decision about their choices about prenat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Farrell RM,Pierce M,Collart C,Edmonds BT,Chien E,Coleridge M,Rose SL,Perni U,Frankel R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of beta-core fragment and total oestriol in second-trimester maternal urine samples were measured in 32 Down syndrome pregnancies and 206 control pregnancies. Beta-core fragment and total oestriol values were corrected for the urinary creatinine level and expressed as multiples of the control medians (MOM). In ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kellner LH,Canick JA,Palomaki GE,Neveux LM,Saller DN Jr,Walker RP,Osathanondh R,Bombard AT

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate how couples regard screening information and how they make subsequent decisions about undergoing prenatal screening for Down syndrome. METHODS:Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore aspects of the decision-making process. Interviews were digitally...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carroll FE,Owen-Smith A,Shaw A,Montgomery AA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of mosaic trisomy 7 confined to the cultured cells and not found in direct preparation were detected from 200 consecutive first-trimester chorionic villus samples (CVS) analysed. The mosaicism was similar in the two cases, but the pregnancy outcome was different. In both cases, the direct metaphases from the...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Reddy KS,Blakemore KJ,Stetten G,Corson V

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whole genome array testing not only provides an increased diagnostic yield of pathogenic causative findings, but it may also reveal so called susceptibility loci (SL) for neurodevelopmental disorders. The goal of this study was to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes in SL cases and to establish a protocol for pr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Govaerts L,Srebniak M,Diderich K,Joosten M,Riedijk S,Knapen M,Go A,Papatsonis D,de Graaf K,Toolenaar T,van der Steen S,Huijbregts G,Knijnenburg J,de Vries F,Van Opstal D,Galjaard RJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fetus was identified by prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis as having a karyotype 46,XY,r(13) (p11q13). Termination of the pregnancy yielded a severely malformed fetus. Fetal abnormalities included anencephaly, imperforate anus and urethral meatus, severe talipes, syndactyly, cardiac defects and other anomalies. Confirma...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Benn A,Warburton D,Byrne JM,Rudelli R,Shonhaut A,Yeboa K,Mootabar H,Hsu LY

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytogenetic results of 1500 chorionic villus samples (CVS) are presented. In these 1500 samples, 23 samples (1.5 per cent) could not be provided with a diagnosis because of laboratory failure. This failure rate dropped from 3 per cent in the first 500 samples to 0.2 per cent in the last 500. In the remaining 1477 ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Breed AS,Mantingh A,Beekhuis JR,Kloosterman MD,ten Bolscher H,Anders GJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver presenting in a 36-week-old fetus is reported. The tumour appeared on antenatal ultrasound as a 4.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.7 cm hypoechoic mass at the periphery of the right lobe of the liver. Colour Doppler imaging showed it to have prominent vascularity. Postnatally, sonogra...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Petrikovsky BM,Cohen HL,Scimeca P,Bellucci E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of nuchal cystic hygroma with spontaneous resolution detected by ultrasound examination at 13 weeks' gestation. Fetal karyotype and amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein levels were normal. Extreme caution in evaluating this situation is stressed. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Baccichetti C,Lenzini E,Suma V,Benini F,Marini A

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：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