Results of 12 years' combined maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening and ultrasound fetal monitoring for prenatal detection of fetal malformations in Havana City, Cuba.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between absence of nasal bone on ultrasound and Down syndrome in fetuses at 11-14 weeks of pregnancy. METHODS:One hundred and ninety-four consecutive fetuses from singleton pregnancies undergoing chorionic villi sampling (CVS) were evaluated by transabdominal ultrasound. A sagitt...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Otaño L,Aiello H,Igarzábal L,Matayoshi T,Gadow EC

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high resolution technique was applied to amniotic fluid cells by synchronization. After inoculation, the cells were incubated for 30 h in the presence of either thymidine or 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). After removal of the blocking agent and addition of a low concentration of thymidine, the cells were incubated for ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Qu J,Dallaire L,Lemieux N,Drouin R,Richer CL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of combined test in pregnant women 35 years of age and over to detect fetal Down syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study population included 408 pregnant women of 35 years and over, who requested the combined test (nuchal translucency, PAPP-A, free beta hCG, maternal age, cut-off 1:250) before d...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Centini G,Rosignoli L,Scarinci R,Faldini E,Morra C,Centini G,Petraglia F

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-hepatic abnormalities of the fetal umbilical venous system are poorly documented and clinically not well understood. A case of routine ultrasound examination at 23 weeks' gestation demonstrating foci of hepatic hyperechogenicity and cardiomegaly is presented. Colour Doppler detected absence of flow in the ductus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cohen SB,Lipitz S,Mashiach S,Hegesh J,Achiron R

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of fetal diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging with apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) determination to predict postnatal renal function (nadir creatinine at 1 year and eGFR) of men with posterior urethral valves (PUV). METHODS:Between 2003 a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Faure A,Panait N,Panuel M,Alessandrini P,D'Ercole C,Chaumoitre K,Merrot T

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intact atrial septum or highly restrictive inter-atrial communication (I/HRAS) combined with either severe aortic stenosis (SAS) or hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), respectively, is associated with adverse outcome. This study focusses on changes in alveolo-septal lung parenchyma due to increased left a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Goltz D,Lunkenheimer JM,Abedini M,Herberg U,Berg C,Gembruch U,Fischer HP

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive carrier screening started in some countries in the 1970s for hemoglobinopathies and Tay-Sachs disease. Cystic fibrosis carrier screening became possible in the late 1980s and with technical advances, screening of an ever increasing number of genes has become possible. The goal of carrier screening is to i...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Delatycki MB,Alkuraya F,Archibald A,Castellani C,Cornel M,Grody WW,Henneman L,Ioannides AS,Kirk E,Laing N,Lucassen A,Massie J,Schuurmans J,Thong MK,van Langen I,Zlotogora J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low levels of maternal serum pregnancy associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) have been linked to chromosome anomalies such as trisomy 21, 13 and 18, triploidy and sex chromosome aneuploidy. Low levels of PAPP-A have also been implicated in spontaneous miscarriage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whet...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Yaron Y,Heifetz S,Ochshorn Y,Lehavi O,Orr-Urtreger A

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction has been in diagnostic use in the UK for over 10 years and has proved to be a cost-effective, robust and accurate rapid prenatal test for common aneuploidies. Specific advantages include detection of triploidy, mosaicism and maternal cell contamination. Its applicatio...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mann K,Ogilvie CM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of 46,XX/47,XXY mosaicism was diagnosed at 22 gestational weeks by amniocentesis and fetal blood sampling. After genetic counselling, the couple elected to have the pregnancy terminated. Culture of the fetal skin and both gonads confirmed the prenatal diagnosis. In external appearance, the abortus had no remark...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cheng WF,Huang SC,Ko TM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first prenatal diagnosis of an affected fetus with Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS). Diagnosis was accomplished via fetal blood sampling at 17 menstrual weeks and was confirmed after birth. Retrospective measurement of the largest acid phosphatase-positive lysosomes in cultured amniotic fluid cells and cho...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Diukman R,Tanigawara S,Cowan MJ,Golbus MS

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the results obtained from Quantitative Fluorescent (QF)-PCR and conventional karyotype analysis to determine the advantages and disadvantages of dual testing in prenatal diagnosis. METHODS:From 1 June 2006 to 1 June 2010, dual testing by QF-PCR and karyotype analysis was performed in 13,500 prenatal...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Papoulidis I,Siomou E,Sotiriadis A,Efstathiou G,Psara A,Sevastopoulou E,Anastasakis E,Sifakis S,Tsiligianni T,Kontodiou M,Malamaki C,Tzimina M,Petersen MB,Manolakos E,Athanasiadis A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second trimester screening for fetal Down syndrome and trisomy 18 is available through separate protocols that combine the maternal age-specific risk and the analysis of maternal serum markers. We have determined the extent to which additional Down syndrome affected pregnancies may be identified through trisomy 18 scr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Benn PA,Ying J,Beazoglou T,Egan JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of combined partial mole and neural tube defect is presented. The detection of high levels of both maternal serum (MS) alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) during the second trimester led to the ultrasonic demonstration of anencephaly, omphalocele, and partial mole. This is the first ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zalel Y,Weiner E,Zabari A,Shalev E

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine the role of the 11- to 14-week ultrasound in women with negative cell-free DNA screening. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study of women at increased risk for aneuploidy based on age or medical history and negative cell-free DNA screening between March 2012 and March 2014 was condu...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Reiff ES,Little SE,Dobson L,Wilkins-Haug L,Bromley B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential utility of free beta (hCG) and beta-core (hCG) in a prenatal screening protocol for Down syndrome we analysed these markers in dried maternal urine specimens from 163 control, 13 Down syndrome and 5 trisomy 18 pregnancies from 8 to 25 weeks' gestation. All results are reported after normaliza...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hallahan TW,Krantz DA,Tului L,Alberti E,Buchanan PD,Orlandi F,Klein V,Larsen JW Jr,Macri JN

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the type and frequency of pathogenic chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD) using chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and validate next-generation sequencing as an alternative diagnostic method. METHOD:Chromosomal aneuploidies and submicroscopic copy...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zhu X,Li J,Ru T,Wang Y,Xu Y,Yang Y,Wu X,Cram DS,Hu Y

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT1) gene dosage studies were performed on uncultured amniotic cells from a fetus at risk for duplication/deficiency of 10q24 leads to qter, due to maternal translocation t(9;10)(p24;q24). Previous investigations in the same pedigree had shown triplex dosage effect of GOT1 on red bl...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Dallapiccola B,Novelli G,Micara G,Ferranti G,Pachi A,Magnani M

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Earlier studies have shown that maternal hormone secretion during late first or second trimester may be affected by gravidity. We examined the luteoplacental hormone secretion during 5-11 weeks of gestation in relation to gravidity. METHOD:Forty-one naturally conceived pregnancies underwent weekly assessment...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Järvelä IY,Záčková T,Laitinen P,Ryynänen M,Tekay A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the improvement in screening efficiency when fetal ductus venosus Doppler studies are added to existing first-trimester Down syndrome screening protocols. METHODS:Statistical modelling was used with parameters derived from prospective ductus venosus studies and from the published literature. The ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Borrell A,Gonce A,Martinez JM,Borobio V,Fortuny A,Coll O,Cuckle H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is often perceived as a difficult organ to understand by ultrasound during fetal life. This is undoubtedly reflected in the low detection rate of cardiac abnormalities as compared to those of most other organ systems in the fetus. In this article we start by updating classical concepts of cardiac embryology,...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cook AC,Yates RW,Anderson RH

更新日期：2004-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood collected from 62 fetuses aged 20-38 weeks of gestation was studied. The values of ten lipid parameters were determined: cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TGs), apolipoprotein A1 (apo A1), apolipoprotein B (apo B), apolipoprotein E (apo E), total apolipoprotein CIII (apo CIII), apolipoprotein CIII present in part...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Legras B,Durou MR,Ruelland A,Gallou G,Jezequel C,Cloarec L

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:This paper reports our experience of molecular analysis and diagnosis of beta-thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia (HbS) in 70 prospective parents of Turkish descent and their fetuses. Molecular screening was carried out by allele-specific oligonucleotide (ASO) hybridization of amplified DNA to the 12 most common muta...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tüzmen S,Tadmouri GO,Ozer A,Baig SM,Ozçelik H,Başaran S,Başak AN

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the long-term pulmonary complications of 25 children from a prospective, matched-control, pilot study evaluating short-term complications of early (11-14 weeks' gestation) versus traditional (15 weeks' gestation and later) genetic amniocentesis. Five children in the early amniocentesis group were ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Calhoun BC,Brehm W,Bombard AT

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary objective of our study was to evaluate the long-term neurodevelopment outcome after laser surgery for twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). The secondary objective was to identify perinatal prognostic factors associated with neurodevelopmental impairment. METHOD:This was a single-center cohort p...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sananès N,Gabriele V,Weingertner AS,Ruano R,Sanz-Cortes M,Gaudineau A,Langer B,Nisand I,Akladios CY,Favre R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports prenatal diagnosis of 787 fetuses of beta-thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies in Indian high-risk communities. DNA based diagnosis was offered in the first, as well as the second trimester, in 489 pregnancies (with five twins) on fetal tissues such as chorionic villus (CV) and amniocytes usin...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Thakur (Mahadik) C,Vaz F,Banerjee M,Kapadia C,Natrajan PG,Yagnik H,Gangal S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FISH analysis of uncultured interphase amniotic fluid cells from a male fetus revealed two signals using an alpha-satellite X-chromosome DNA probe. One of the signals was much smaller than the other. It was subsequently shown that the normal sized signal was located on the X chromosome and the smaller signal was locat...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Winsor EJ,Dyack S,Wood-Burgess EM,Ryan G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00