hCG and the free beta-subunit as screening tests for Down syndrome.

abstract：:Congenital megalourethra is a rare disorder. We present an early case diagnosed in the first trimester. Prenatal ultrasound showed a megalourethra with a normal fetal bladder, hyperechogenic cystic right kidney and single umbilical artery. After termination of pregnancy, necropsy confirmed all sonographic findings and...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Krapp M,Geipel A,Germer U,Krokowski M,Gembruch U

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen cases of Turner syndrome (45,X), two cases of mosaic Turner syndrome (45,X/47,XXX and 45,X/ 46,XX), and one case of Turner syndrome involving an isochromosome X [46,X,i(X)(q10)] were ascertained by prenatal maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) and free beta human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) screening or ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Laundon CH,Spencer K,Macri JN,Anderson RW,Buchanan PD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract anomalies are common. Prenatal diagnosis is important and enables either special obstetric management or termination of pregnancy and probably in the future, intrauterine intervention. Transvaginal sonography (TVS) allows visualization of the normal and anomalous fetal urinary tract at an early stage. On...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bronshtein M,Yoffe N,Brandes JM,Blumenfeld Z

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electron microscopic DOPA reaction test of fetal skin was used for the prenatal diagnosis of tyrosinase-negative oculocutaneous albinism (OCA). The subject was a 34-year-old Japanese woman in her second pregnancy. Her first child, born in 1982, had been previously examined and confirmed to have tyrosinase-negative ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shimizu H,Ishiko A,Kikuchi A,Akiyama M,Suzumori K,Nishikawa T

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH) was studied after 46 cordocenteses. alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) concentration and Kleihauer staining of maternal blood, taken both before and after the procedure, revealed increases in AFP values of more than 40 per cent in 30 per cent of the patients examined; fetal haemorrhage of more than...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Van Selm M,Kanhai HH,Van Loon AJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the incidence of sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA) predicted by noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), assess test performance, and compare it with nuchal translucency (NT) screening among patients seen in our prenatal diagnosis center. METHODS:We identified suspected cases of SCA by reviewing results...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Reiss RE,Discenza M,Foster J,Dobson L,Wilkins-Haug L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we expanded conventional cell-free fetal DNA (cfDNA)-based non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to cover the entire genome. We aimed to compare the performance of the two tests in a large general population of pregnant women, in order to assess the clinical utility of the genome-wide screening....

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fiorentino F,Bono S,Pizzuti F,Duca S,Polverari A,Faieta M,Baldi M,Diano L,Spinella F

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively study the addition of array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to the prenatal evaluation of fetal structural anomalies. METHODS:Pregnant women carrying fetuses with a major structural abnormality were recruited at the time of invasive procedure for chromosome analysis. Only women whose...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kleeman L,Bianchi DW,Shaffer LG,Rorem E,Cowan J,Craigo SD,Tighiouart H,Wilkins-Haug LE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old gravida was referred for CVS because of advanced maternal age. A trisomy 21 was present in all cells after short-term incubation (direct processing (DP)) and long-term culture. According to our policy, a retap was offered for confirmation of the result during the legally required 3-day waiting period bet...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hammer P,Holzgreve W,Karabacak Z,Horst J,Miny P

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We theorized that a significant number of women would choose integrated screening (IS) over first trimester screening (FTS) and that demographic characteristics and baseline anxiety levels might predict which patients would choose each test. We also hypothesized that screening results might alter patients' fu...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Werner EF,Pastore LM,Karns LB,Ventura KA,Saller DN

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the occurrence of in utero acquired limb ischemia in two referral institutions managing monochorionic (MC) twins with and without twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) and estimate its prevalence. METHODS:All MC twin pregnancies assessed at two referral units between 2002 and 2007 were retros...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lopriore E,Lewi L,Oepkes D,Debeer A,Vandenbussche FP,Deprest J,Walther FJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of biomagnetic recordings of the umbilical artery over Doppler ultrasound screening in order to predict complications of impaired uteroplacental blood flow in fetuses with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). METHODS:Our study population included 11 IUGR preeclamptic (34-37-weeks gesta...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kotini A,Avgidou K,Koutlaki N,Sigalas J,Anninos P,Anastasiadis P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To reevaluate the efficiency of the 12 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) used in the methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time qPCR) based approach, develop an improved version of the diagnostic formula and perform a larger validation study. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Tsaliki E,Papageorgiou EA,Spyrou C,Koumbaris G,Kypri E,Kyriakou S,Sotiriou C,Touvana E,Keravnou A,Karagrigoriou A,Lamnissou K,Velissariou V,Patsalis PC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the underlying molecular aetiology in a non-consanguineous Irish family who have had three fetal losses because of a primary myopathy characterised by fetal akinesia, arthrogryposis multiplex, bilateral pulmonary hypoplasia and reduced muscle bulk. METHODS:Fetal DNA extracted from amniotic cells...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Casey J,Flood K,Ennis S,Doyle E,Farrell M,Lynch SA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine is a new medium for Down syndrome testing. In an effort to determine the best type of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-related immunoassay for urine testing, we examined 14 Down syndrome and 91 unaffected pregnancy urine samples with 12 established assays. The assays included (a) those that detect hCG beta-cor...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Cole LA,Kellner LH,Isozaki T,Palomaki GE,Iles RK,Walker RP,Ozaki M,Canick JA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal screening using the maternal serum markers alpha-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, and unconjugated oestriol was investigated in a native Japanese population. Comparison with a Caucasian U.S. population revealed differences which led to modification of the generally used equations for risk calculatio...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Onda T,Kitagawa M,Takeda O,Sago H,Kubonoya K,Iinuma K,Bradley LA,Canick JA,Krasikov NE,Ponting NR,Grier RE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a model for the prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) from maternal characteristics and biochemical markers at 11 to 13 weeks' gestation. METHODS:A prospective screening study on early prediction of pregnancy complications (n = 11, 464), including 297 (2.6%) cases of GDM was used to cr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nanda S,Savvidou M,Syngelaki A,Akolekar R,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:An aneuploid fetus was detected prenatally by cordocentesis at 27 weeks' gestation following ultrasonographic diagnosis of severe fetal growth retardation and a large diaphragmatic hernia. The fetal karyotype was revealed to be 47,XX,der(22)t(11;22)(q23.3;q11.2) after parental bloods confirmed a balanced reciprocal tr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kadir RA,Hastings R,Economides DL

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:The objective was to describe the development, characteristics, and initial use of an instrument for assessing knowledge about maternal serum screening (MSS). Items for a knowledge scale were selected based on a review of educational materials, the literature, and expert opinion. Items were pre-tested for comprehensib...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Goel V,Glazier R,Holzapfel S,Pugh P,Summers A

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to measure anxiety in pregnant women who had low maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening test levels, received genetic counselling and chose to undergo amniocentesis for fetal chromosome analysis. Their anxiety levels were compared with the levels in women undergoing amniocente...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Abuelo DN,Hopmann MR,Barsel-Bowers G,Goldstein A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a two-colour immunocytochemical staining method for the detection of fetal and embryonic haemoglobin in erythroid cells. The method was applied to study these haemoglobin types in fetal red cells. Specimens from fetal blood (10 weeks), cord blood and fetal liver (14 weeks) as well as chorionic villus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mesker WE,Ouwerkerk-van Velzen MC,Oosterwijk JC,Bernini LF,Golbus MS,Kanhai HH,Van Ommen GJ,Tanke HJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the birth of a baby girl confirmed to be homozygous normal for the delta F508 deletion causing cystic fibrosis (CF), many single-gene defects have been diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). A few misdiagnoses have been reported but no large-scale studies ha...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ray PF,Ao A,Taylor DM,Winston RM,Handyside AH

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the psychological responses to termination of pregnancy (TOP) for fetal anomaly from both men and women. The aim was to find risk factors for poor psychological outcome both for the individuals and for the couple. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed in 151 couples 2-7 years after TOP. W...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Korenromp MJ,Page-Christiaens GC,van den Bout J,Mulder EJ,Hunfeld JA,Bilardo CM,Offermans JP,Visser GH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common concern of utilizing prenatal advanced genetic testing is that a result of uncertain clinical significance will increase patient anxiety. However, prenatal ultrasound may also yield findings of uncertain significance, such as 'soft markers' for fetal aneuploidy, or findings with variable prognosis, s...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Richards EG,Sangi-Haghpeykar H,McGuire AL,Van den Veyver IB,Fruhman G

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies with and without twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in an unselected cohort, which underwent prenatal and postnatal echocardiography. METHOD:This was a retrospective cohort study includin...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Springer S,Mlczoch E,Krampl-Bettelheim E,Mailáth-Pokorny M,Ulm B,Worda C,Worda K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whole-genome sequencing of circulating cell free (ccf) DNA from maternal plasma has enabled noninvasive prenatal testing for common autosomal aneuploidies. The purpose of this study was to extend the detection to include common sex chromosome aneuploidies (SCAs): [47,XXX], [45,X], [47,XXY], and [47,XYY] syndr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mazloom AR,Džakula Ž,Oeth P,Wang H,Jensen T,Tynan J,McCullough R,Saldivar JS,Ehrich M,van den Boom D,Bombard AT,Maeder M,McLennan G,Meschino W,Palomaki GE,Canick JA,Deciu C

更新日期：2013-06-01 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