Detection of fetomaternal haemorrhage associated with cordocentesis using serum alpha-fetoprotein and the Kleihauer technique.

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：BACKGROUND:The azoospermic factor (AZF) region is critical for normal spermatogenesis since microdeletions and partial deletions have been associated with infertility. We investigate the diagnostic ability of karyotyping in detecting clinically relevant Y chromosome deletions. The clinical significance of heterochromat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Minor A,Wong EC,Harmer K,Ma S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning of the RHD gene has made it possible to determine the RhD status of fetuses at risk for haemolytic disease due to RhD iso-immunization using amniotic fluid or chorionic villi-derived DNA and the polymerase chain reaction. However, some Rh haplotypes are associated with false-positive or negative DNA-based ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Denomme GA,Akoury H,Sermer M,Kelton JG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosome aneuploidies has been achieved by measuring the ratio of two alleles of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in circulating placental mRNA (the RNA-SNP allelic ratio approach) in maternal plasma. We investigated the feasibility of applying this approach for the ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tsui NB,Wong BC,Leung TY,Lau TK,Chiu RW,Lo YM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate perinatal outcomes of fetal echogenic bowel (FEB). METHOD:This is a retrospective observational study of FEB cases from Jan 2005-Dec 2010. Data from ultrasound and fetal medicine investigations, uterine artery Doppler (UAD), intra-partum care and neonatal outcome were obtained from Fetal Medic...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Saha E,Mullins EW,Paramasivam G,Kumar S,Lakasing L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal surgery has become a clinical reality, with interventions for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and spina bifida demonstrated to improve outcome. Fetal imaging is evolving, with the use of 3D ultrasound and fetal MRI becoming more common in clinical practise. Medical imaging analysis is also changing, wit...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pratt R,Deprest J,Vercauteren T,Ourselin S,David AL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease (MDKD) is one of the most common congenital renal anomalies. We report 16 consecutive cases of MDKD recognized in the antenatal period by sonography. Diagnosis is usually easy as MDKD has in the vast majority of cases a striking ultrasound appearance including enlargement of the k...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Rizzo N,Gabrielli S,Pilu G,Perolo A,Cacciari A,Domini R,Bovicelli L

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosaicism in 4-8-cell human embryos analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) has been widely reported, but few studies have addressed the incidence of mosaicism in more advanced embryonic stages. In the present study we analysed spare human embryos in a case of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Emiliani S,Merino EG,Van den Bergh M,Abramowicz M,Vassart G,Englert Y,Delneste D

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study investigated linear, area, and volume measurements of human brain samples according to Carnegie stages (CS) in an attempt to select suitable morphometric features that reflect embryonic development. METHODS:Using magnetic resonance imaging, we measured seven linear segments, three separate...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kobayashi A,Ishizu K,Yamada S,Uwabe C,Kose K,Takakuwa T

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the efficacy of contingent triple-screening for Down syndrome (DS), that is, performing triple-screening in pregnant women with DS risks between 1/270 and 1/1000 at routine double-screening, in a Mainland Chinese population. METHODS:Maternal serum concentrations of alpha fetoprotein (AFP), free-b...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Xie Z,Lu S,Li H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was performed in order to provide a description of indications for induced elective terminations of pregnancy (ETOP), their characteristics (e.g. gestational age), and their evolution over time. DESIGN OF THE STUDY:This is an epidemiological study. The geographic area covered is the French county...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Guillem P,Fabre B,Cans C,Robert-Gnansia E,Jouk PS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the knowledge of pregnant women about prenatal tests, and what tests they would choose if offered. Also, the preference of pregnant women for second-trimester or first-trimester screening was assessed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Pregnant women receiving antenatal care in a decentralized primary care s...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： de Graaf IM,Tijmstra T,Bleker OP,van Lith JM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toriello-Carey syndrome is a rare malformative complex, described for the first time in 1988, characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, facial anomalies, cardiac defects and hypotonia. Relatively few neonatal cases have been reported. We describe here the first prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of the syndrome bas...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Paladini D,Russo MG,Tartaglione A,Loffredo A,Martinelli P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the detection of fetal structural abnormalities by the 11-14 week scan. 2853 pregnant women were submitted to a routine ultrasound scan between the 11th and 14th week and the fetal skull, brain, spine, abdominal wall, limbs, stomach and bladder were examined. Following the scans t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carvalho MH,Brizot ML,Lopes LM,Chiba CH,Miyadahira S,Zugaib M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:In this paper we report the fetal loss rate in relation to both maternal and gestational age in 1764 pregnant women who underwent transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (TA-CVS) between January 1986 and August 1990. The fetal loss rate, considered as a proportion of continuing pregnancies, decreased with advancing g...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Monni G,Ibba RM,Lai R,Giuseppina C,Silvia M,Olla G,Cao A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prenatal sonographic findings in two children with Aicardi syndrome are reported. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bromley B,Krishnamoorthy KS,Benacerraf BR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal gastroschisis is regarded as a relatively straightforward ultrasound diagnosis. We report two cases of infants born with undiagnosed gastroschisis despite several detailed prenatal assessments following raised serum alphafetoprotein measurements. In both cases, the bowel was healthy with no evidence of long-term...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Knott PD,Colley NV

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In its successful annual cycle of controversies and debates, the International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy once again addressed non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) by following up on the 2013 controversy, 'Should non-invasive DNA testing be the standard screening test for Down syndrome in all pregnant w...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Van Lith JM,Faas BH,Bianchi DW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Outcomes from in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intrauterine insemination (ICSI) cycles for patients who underwent preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic/single gene (PGT-M) and structural chromosome rearrangements (PGT-SR) patients were reviewed. Patients pursuing PGT-M and PGT-SR often do not have pre-exi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Butler R,Nakhuda G,Guimond C,Jing C,Lee N,Hitkari J,Tallon N,Taylor B,Yuzpe A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential of maternal serum A Disintegrin And Metalloprotease 12-S (ADAM12s) as an additional marker for the combined test in the Dutch first-trimester national Down syndrome (DS) screening program. METHODS:Serum samples were collected between 2004 and 2007 as part of the national program. A ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wortelboer EJ,Linskens IH,Koster MP,Stoutenbeek P,Cuckle H,Blankenstein MA,Visser GH,van Vugt JM,Schielen PC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to analyze the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome in three subgroups with extremely low maternal pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), that is, <0.3 multiples of median (MoM) at the first trimester screening. METHOD:A cohort of 961 pregnancies with PAPP-A levels < 0.3 MoM at...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kaijomaa M,Ulander VM,Hämäläinen E,Alfthan H,Markkanen H,Heinonen S,Stefanovic V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the attitudes of health professionals in Lebanon towards prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy, for a series of genetic, non-genetic and non-medical conditions. METHODS:A total of 158 questionnaires were sent to geneticists, family doctors, pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists, ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zahed L,Nabulsi M,Tamim H

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：: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：:Stickler syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of the connective tissue which includes ocular and systemic manifestations. We report on a large kindred in which we were able to demonstrate very tight linkage between the disease and the type II collagen gene (COL2A1) (LOD score 3.91 at theta = 0). In a family in w...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zlotogora J,Granat M,Knowlton RG

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present the prenatal diagnosis of a de novo terminal inversion duplication of the short arm of chromosome 4 and a review of the literature. CASE:An amniocentesis for chromosome analysis was performed at 33 weeks' gestation because ultrasound examination showed a female fetus with multiple abnormalities c...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Beaujard MP,Jouannic JM,Bessières B,Borie C,Martin-Luis I,Fallet-Bianco C,Portnoï MF

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Twin pregnancy has a disproportionate effect on perinatal mortality, being six times higher than for singleton gestations. The major threats to perinatal survival are from two very different pathological processes: spontaneous preterm delivery, and the interlacing clinical complications of monochorionicity. With the r...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bajoria R,Kingdom J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period 1987 through mid-1993, 118 490 chromosome analyses from amniocytes were performed at the Integrated Genetics Laboratories in Santa Fe, New Mexico (formerly Vivigen Laboratories). This report summarizes the data for all specimens submitted because of anomalies seen during ultrasound examination; this ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hanna JS,Neu RL,Lockwood DH

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00