A 10-year survey, 1980-1990, of prenatally diagnosed small supernumerary marker chromosomes, identified by FISH analysis. Outcome and follow-up of 14 cases diagnosed in a series of 12,699 prenatal samples.

abstract：:Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) levels were assayed retrospectively in stored maternal serum samples from 78 chromosomally abnormal pregnancies and 410 controls matched for gestation and maternal age. The median serum hCG concentration in 49 pregnancies with Down's syndrome was significantly elevated, at 2.18 mult...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Crossley JA,Aitken DA,Connor JM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively simple method of obtaining high resolution chromosomes from amniotic fluid cells is described. The elongated chromosomes are achieved by adding ethidium bromide (5 micrograms/ml) to the culture 4 1/2 hours before harvesting and the high resolution banding can be produced by usual banding procedures. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hoo JJ,Jamro H,Schmutz S,Lin CC

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prenatal diagnosis of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) has been carried out on a 19-week-old fetus by means of echography. The ultrasonographic characteristics were unnatural position of the four limbs associated with articular anomalies together with absence of active fetal movements. A therapeutic interrup...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gullino E,Abrate M,Zerbino E,Bricchi G,Rattazzi PD

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Descriptions of the rarely occurring condition of conjoined twins are sparse. METHODS:We report a case series of four conjoined twin pregnancies diagnosed up to 16 weeks of gestation. One was in a quadruplet in vitro fertilization intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI) pregnancy of cryopreserved embryo...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Maymon R,Mendelovic S,Schachter M,Ron-El R,Weinraub Z,Herman A

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Variable results have been reported using urine beta-core fragment as a marker for fetal Down syndrome. Initial studies by Cuckle et al. (1994) and Canick et al. (1995) indicated that beta-core fragment was an outstanding marker, detecting >80 per cent of Down syndrome cases. Since these reports, widely varying result...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cole LA,Rinne KM,Mahajan SM,Oz UA,Shahabi S,Mahoney MJ,Bahado-Singh RO

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the referral diagnosis based on prenatal ultrasound to diagnoses made following combined ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation at the Texas Children's Fetal Center (TCFC) and postnatal diagnosis. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of patients referred to the TCFC...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Santos XM,Papanna R,Johnson A,Cass DL,Olutoye OO,Moise KJ Jr,Belleza-Bascon B,Cassady CI

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The co-occurrence of cancer and pregnancy is more frequently diagnosed. The effects of cancer treatment on maternal and fetal outcomes are less well known. The cardiotoxic effects of chemotherapy are a specific concern for the mother and fetus. We wanted to review the existing literature, mainly consisting of...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Gziri MM,Amant F,Debiève F,Van Calsteren K,De Catte L,Mertens L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child was tentatively diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis, based on neonatal presentation with severe gastrointestinal complications; the diagnosis was not confirmed biochemically and no tissues were available for DNA analysis. The mother presented in her subsequent pregnancy, and microvillar enzyme analysis of cell...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carey WF,Nelson PV,Raymond S,Morris CP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We present a case of early prenatal diagnosis of recurrent 46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis, by combining early genetic and sonographic evaluations. METHODS:The conceptus of a mother with a first child affected by 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis was sonographically evaluated at 21- and 23-mm BPD (12(+2) and 12(+6)...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mazza V,Ottolenghi C,Di Monte I,Baldassari F,Rivasi F,Volpe A,Forabosco A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study is to examine the incidence of chromosomal or genetic abnormalities in pregnancies complicated by polyhydramnios and to assess the value of prenatal ultrasound findings in the prediction of cases associated with such disorders. METHODS:We searched the prenatal records of all patien...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Boito S,Crovetto F,Ischia B,Crippa BL,Fabietti I,Bedeschi MF,Lalatta F,Colombo L,Mosca F,Fedele L,Persico N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare benign congenital renal tumor, it is the most common solid renal tumor in the newborn period. The most common presentation of congenital mesoblastic nephroma is polyhydramnios, and only one case with prenatal fetal hydrops has been previously reported. Prenatal ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen WY,Lin CN,Chao CS,Yan-Sheng Lin M,Mak CW,Chuang SS,Tzeng CC,Huang KF

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the prognosis of subtle findings on fetal brain imaging in pregnant women with primary CMV infection during pregnancy. METHODS:This was a retrospective study. The data included: timing of infection, amniocentesis results, imaging findings, obstetric outcome, and developmental assessment. RESULTS...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Roee B,Adi W,Michael B,Igal W,Karina KH,Liat BS,Gustavo M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct new reference charts and equations for fetal biparietal diameter (BPD), head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference (AC) and femur diaphysis length (FDL) from Korean fetuses at 12-40 weeks. METHOD:Prospective cross-sectional data obtained in one center for 5 years from a population of pregn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jung SI,Lee YH,Moon MH,Song MJ,Min JY,Kim JA,Park JH,Yang JH,Kim MY,Chung JH,Cho JY,Kim KG

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of frontonasal dysplasia. This represents a very rare disorder involving the face (hypertelorism, median cleft lip, absence of the nasal tip) and often the central nervous system (CNS) (cranium bifidum occultum, ethmoidal cephalocele, agenesis of the corpus callosum). ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Martinelli P,Russo R,Agangi A,Paladini D

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Fetal choroid plexuses have attracted the attention of perinatologists and geneticists because of the reported association between intrachoroid cysts and chromosomal abnormalities. This report deals with another variation in choroid plexus sonographic appearance-size variation. Sonographic follow-up results as well as...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Petrikovsky BM,Kaplan GP

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a family at risk for atypical TSD in which the index case showed, clinically, a late onset and a gradual psychomotor deterioration and biochemically, a residual hex. A activity in leucocytes. Two prenatal diagnoses of affected fetuses were made in this family. The first one on amniotic cells, the second one...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Besançon AM,Belon JP,Castelnau L,Dumez Y,Poenaru L

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone treatment in pregnancy might be difficult to handle because of the long half-life of the drug (14-28 days up to 2 months) and because it reduces maternal and neonatal thyroid activity. Although short-term use in pregnancy has been described in cases of fetal supraventricular tachycardia, there are few repor...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Valensise H,Civitella C,Garzetti GG,Romanini C

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aims to describe our two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound approach to visualize the fetal secondary palate and plot its growth curve and to describe and demonstrate its clinical implementation. METHODS:This is a two parts retrospective study. First, we measured the antero-posterior length of the bony se...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Brusilov M,Wolman I,Ashwal E,Malinger G,Birnbaum R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hysterotomy scar disruption, ranging from myometrial thinning to complete dehiscence, is a well-established complication of open-hysterotomy fetal myelomeningocele (MMC) repair. This study sought to (a) determine the feasibility of postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting signs of hysterot...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Seaman RD,Cassady CI,Yepez Donado MC,Espinoza J,Shamshirsaz AA,Nassr AA,Whitehead WE,Belfort MA,Sanz Cortes M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Limited data exist on the outcome of Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM), Dandy-Walker variant (DWV) and mega-cisterna magna (MCM). We report the first population-based study of posterior fossa anomalies from the northern region of England. METHODS:Cases were identified from the Northern Congenital Abnormalit...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Long A,Moran P,Robson S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal management of abnormal abdominal situs is challenging since prognosis is highly variable depending on the associated malformations. METHODS:The authors report on two cases of ambiguous abdominal situs. Prenatal management included specialized ultrasound examination of fetal anatomy and heart, amnio...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Salomon LJ,Baumann C,Delezoide AL,Oury JF,Pariente D,Sebag G,Garel C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening can provide false positive/negative results because the fetal fraction originates primarily from trophoblast. Consequently, invasive diagnostic testing is recommended to confirm a high-risk result. Currently, there is debate about the most appropriate invasive method. We sough...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Grati FR,Bajaj K,Malvestiti F,Agrati C,Grimi B,Malvestiti B,Pompilii E,Maggi F,Gross S,Simoni G,Ferreira JC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sister of a child affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) was referred for genetic counselling to assess the risk of her being a carrier. Her brother had died 15 years previously at the age of 8. There were no other affected males in the family. There were no methods for DNA investigation at the time of the ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Restagno G,Ferrone M,Doriguzzi C,Palmucci L,Mongini T,Carbonara A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was developed more than a decade ago to offer an alternative to prenatal diagnosis for couples at risk of transmitting an inherited disease to their offspring. Portuguese-type familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP type I), is an autosomal dominant disease presenting an inheri...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carvalho F,Sousa M,Fernandes S,Silva J,Saraiva MJ,Barros A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the impact on maternal anxiety of detecting a soft marker, and the association between anxiety and the information given during the scan. METHODS:Routine 20-week fetal anomaly scans were audiotaped in the obstetric ultrasound unit of a London teaching hospital, across a four month study period....

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Watson MS,Hall S,Langford K,Marteau TM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00