Early second-trimester diagnosis of sirenomelia.

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：OBJECTIVE:Little is known about the obstetric care of an ongoing pregnancy with trisomy 21. We sought to ascertain an obstetric profile for pregnancies with Down syndrome to help guide prenatal management. METHOD:Pregnancies managed for delivery with trisomy 21 between 2003 and 2014 were analyzed. We reviewed demograp...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Guseh SH,Little SE,Bennett K,Silva V,Wilkins-Haug LE

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sonographic diagnosis of duodenal atresia and associated anomalies was made in a fetus at 15 weeks' gestation. A transient double-bubble sign was observed in three other normal fetuses. Sonographers are cautioned that normal intestinal peristalsis may cause a false image of duodenal atresia. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zimmer EZ,Bronshtein M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to identify maternal characteristics associated with a failed cell-free DNA (cfDNA) test due to a low fetal fraction (FF). METHOD:Retrospective cohort study of women with singleton pregnancies who had cfDNA screening at 10-25 weeks gestation between October 2011 and January 2...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Burns W,Koelper N,Barberio A,Deagostino-Kelly M,Mennuti M,Sammel MD,Dugoff L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During prenatal diagnosis for advanced maternal age, a pericentric inversion of a chromosome 19 was detected in a male fetus. The inversion was familial, transmitted to the fetus by the phenotypically normal mother. The pregnancy resulted in a term birth of a phenotypically normal male infant. Inversion 19 appears to ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tharapel AT,Ward JC,Wiggins L,Wilroy RS Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic carrier screening has the potential to identify couples at risk of having a child affected with an autosomal recessive or X-linked disorder. However, the current prevalence of carrier status for these conditions in developing countries is not well defined. This study assesses the prevalence of carrier...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hernandez-Nieto C,Alkon-Meadows T,Lee J,Cacchione T,Iyune-Cojab E,Garza-Galvan M,Luna-Rojas M,Copperman AB,Sandler B

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the maternal serum concentration of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) at 11-13 weeks' gestation in pregnancies that subsequently develop pre-eclampsia (PE) and to examine the possible association with uterine artery pulsatility index (PI). METHODS:M...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sifakis S,Akolekar R,Kappou D,Mantas N,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy is performed as a routine procedure in many laboratories around the world, using numerous molecular genetic techniques. Rather than discussing methods that are commonly in use, this review concentrates on some of the methods that are less widely available. T...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Abbs S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if chromosome 22q11 deletion status can be predicted in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot as regards additional phenotypic anomalies. METHODS:One hundred and fifty-one consecutive fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot without or with pulmonary atresia were screened for 22q11 deletion. Additional echog...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Boudjemline Y,Fermont L,Le Bidois J,Villain E,Sidi D,Bonnet D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A predominantly triploid 69,XXY placenta was found associated with a normal 46,XX infant. Therefore, a triploid placenta is apparently capable of supporting normal fetal development. The chromosome and pathological results support the conclusion that the triploid placenta originates from a 'vanishing twin' pregnancy. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Callen DF,Fernandez H,Hull YJ,Svigos JM,Chambers HM,Sutherland GR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aortic atresia with insufficiency of mitral valve diagnosed prenatally at 33 weeks of gestation is presented. An accurate diagnosis of this fetal cardiovascular malformation was possible by application of Doppler colour flow mapping, which demonstrated (a) the absence of forward flow in the hypoplastic ascen...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gembruch U,Chatterjee M,Bald R,Eldering G,Göcke H,Urban AE,Hansmann M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating placental [human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), Schwangerschafts protein 1 (SP1), pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), decidual (pregnancy protein 12 (PP12), and fetal alphafetoprotein (AFP)] proteins were measured immediately before and within 1 h in 18 women undergoing diagnostic chorionic vil...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Stabile I,Warren R,Rodeck C,Grudzinskas JG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine normal blood flow velocities across the fetal tricuspid valve (TV) at 11-13 weeks and 6 days of gestation and to examine the reproducibility of these measurements. METHODS:A prospective study involving 166 normal singleton pregnancies examined at 11-13 weeks and 6 days was carried out. Descripti...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ninno MA,Liao AW,Lamberty CO,Miguelez J,Zugaib M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the cost and performance implications of introducing cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) testing within modeled scenarios in a publicly funded Canadian provincial Down syndrome (DS) prenatal screening program. METHOD:Two clinical algorithms were created: the first to represent the current screening progr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Okun N,Teitelbaum M,Huang T,Dewa CS,Hoch JS

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of a first trimester fetal ultrasound examination in cases of an increased nuchal translucency (NT). METHOD:A detailed fetal ultrasound examination was performed within 4 days of a detection of a first trimester increased NT. RESULTS:As many as 23 fetuses were evaluated. Severe anomal...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bronshtein M,Zimmer EZ,Blazer S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest an increased incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in pregnancies with amniotic fluid-cell culture failure. We retrospectively reviewed the cytogenetic results of 14,165 amniotic fluid samples processed in our laboratory from 1987 to 1996. Ninety-eight per cent of the samples were obtained befo...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lam YH,Tang MH,Sin SY,Ghosh A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken in an attempt to determine the significance of elevated maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin (MShCG), in the presence of an otherwise normal screen with respect to fetal malformations, chromosomal aberrations, and pregnancy outcome. Targeted ultrasound findings and perinatal outcome of...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fejgin MD,Kedar I,Amiel A,Ben-Tovim T,Chen R,Petel Y,Tepper R

更新日期：1997-11-01 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:Prenatal diagnosis by ultrasound of fetal polymicrogyria has been reported only once. METHODS:We describe an additional case of polymicrogyria in a fetus from a monozygotic twin pair, probably the consequence of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. RESULTS:On ultrasound, there were bilateral cortical hyperec...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Delle Urban LA,Righini A,Rustico M,Triulzi F,Nicolini U

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hirschsprung disease (HD) is a rare gastrointestinal disorder. Our aim was to study the prenatal ultrasound findings of children who were diagnosed with HD after birth. METHODS:The study population included children who suffered from HD between 1990 and 2008. Data of anomaly scan findings in prenatal ultraso...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jakobson-Setton A,Weissmann-Brenner A,Achiron R,Kuint J,Gindes L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two children born to a myasthenic mother. The first child, a female, had multiple flexion contractures. She died 1 h after birth. In the second pregnancy, 3 years later, ultrasonographic examination at 20 weeks showed decreased fetal movements and multiple flexion contractures. The pregnancy was interrupted...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Stoll C,Ehret-Mentre MC,Treisser A,Tranchant C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The FASTER trial compared first and second trimester screening methods for aneuploidy. We examined relationships between maternal serum markers and common congenital anomalies in the pediatric outcome data set of 36 837 subjects. METHODS:We used nested case-control studies, with cases defined by the most com...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hoffman JD,Bianchi DW,Sullivan LM,Mackinnon BL,Collins J,Malone FD,Porter TF,Nyberg DA,Comstock CH,Bukowski R,Berkowitz RL,Gross SJ,Dugoff L,Craigo SD,Timor-Tritsch IE,Carr SR,Wolfe HM,D'Alton ME

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the prenatal diagnosis of two fetuses with Sanfilippo disease type B. In both pregnancies there were excessive amounts of heparan sulphate in amniotic fluid and the activity of N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminidase was undetectable in cultured amniotic fluid cells. The predictions were confirmed by enzyme assay o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mossman J,Young EP,Patrick AD,Fensom AH,Ellis M,Benson PF,Der Kaloustian VM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve the prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia by defining the change in fetal size across gestation and the frequency of sonographic features, and developing non-invasive molecular genetic diagnosis based on cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma. METHODS:Fetuses with a confirmed diag...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chitty LS,Khalil A,Barrett AN,Pajkrt E,Griffin DR,Cole TJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single umbilical artery was seen in 10 out of 117 cytogenetically abnormal pregnancies. The abnormal karyotypes found to be associated with a single umbilical artery were trisomy 18 (n = 5), monosomy X (n = 2), triploidy (n = 1), sex chromosome (47,XYY; n = 1) and translocation (46t(X,5)(q13p15);n = 1). With the exc...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Khong TY,George K

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To review the accuracy of self-reporting of smoking status in our first trimester screening population and to assess the levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) and free-β human chorionic gonadotropin (free-hCGβ) in women who were classified for smoking status by serum cotinine concentration...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Spencer K,Cowans NJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytogenetic survey and follow-up studies were made of 14 cases with supernumerary marker chromosomes, identified among 12,699 prenatal samples, investigated at our institution over a 10-year period from 1980 to 1990. FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) techniques were employed to identify the chromosomal origi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Brøndum-Nielsen K,Mikkelsen M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00