Calcification of the fetal heart--four case reports and a literature review.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are used as biomarkers in cardiovascular disease and cancer. miRNAs are involved in placental development but have not previously been investigated in twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). Our aim is to explore the miRNA profile of TTTS pregnancies. METHOD:Initial miRNA profiling was perf...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mackie FL,Baker BC,Beggs AD,Stodolna A,Morris RK,Kilby MD

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Are first trimester serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), nuchal translucency (NT) and crown-rump length (CRL) prognostic factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes? METHOD:Retrospective cohort, women, singleton pregnancies (UK 2011-2015). Unadjusted and multivariable logistic regression. OUTCOM...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bilagi A,Burke DL,Riley RD,Mills I,Kilby MD,Katie Morris R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the association between fetal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) and trisomy 18 and proposes a method by which risks can be derived taking into account both sonographic findings and maternal age. Data from our centre on the sonographic findings of 58 fetuses with trisomy 18 and 387 fetuses with CPCs as we...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Snijders RJ,Shawa L,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different types of chromosome 12 inversion were seen in 15 individuals out of 44 individuals examined in one 8 generation family. Type 1: a pericentric inversion inv(12) (p112; q131) was found in 7 individuals and twice at prenatal diagnosis. Type 2: a paracentric inversion inv(12) (p123; p131) was seen in two i...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Poulsen H,Mikkelsen M,Holmgren G

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Fetal cells cross the feto-maternal barrier and circulate in maternal peripheral blood; thus, this study aimed to show the relationship between clinical evidence in pregnancy and qualitative feto-maternal barrier changes. METHODS:The expression of fetal hemoglobin gamma chain messenger RNA (HbF-gamma mRNA) w...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Okuda T,Kinoshita Y,Tamura T,Kato C,Kojima H,Watanabe A,Honjo H

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that affected the decision of pregnant women at high risk for pre-eclampsia (PE) in accepting or declining participation in a medicated clinical trial (ASPRE) for the prevention of preterm PE. METHOD:This was a qualitative, cross-sectional study. A purposive sample of 14 participants and ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Nikčević AV,Dodd Z,Prior J,O'Gorman N,Poon LC,Nicolaides KH

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：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：:Problems can arise in prenatal screening for Down syndrome when tests are performed in the first and second trimester and some women who have a negative first trimester test have a second trimester serum test. The second test result does not usually take account of the previous one being negative. Even if it does, it ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hackshaw AK,Wald NJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the association of copy number variants (CNV) with perinatal outcomes among fetuses with sonographic abnormalities. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of anomalous fetuses evaluated at a single fetal center, who underwent chromosomal microarray (CMA) te...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Parchem JG,Sparks TN,Gosnell K,Norton ME

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple placental passes during chorionic villus sampling (CVS) increase the risk of fetal loss; however, specific factors that predispose to repeat aspiration have not been delineated. To identify anatomic and technical variables associated with multiple-pass procedures, a detailed review of 205 videotaped CVS proce...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Silver RK,MacGregor SN,Hobart ED

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From both presentations, it is clear that understanding the APO associated with placental dysfunction represents one of the greatest challenges in the field of prenatal screening, diagnosis, and therapy. Their clinical impact on the health of the mother and child was well recognized by the debaters, and both have agre...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chiu RW,Myatt L,Otaño L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple transplacental medications can be used to treat fetal tachycardia. We sought to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether digoxin, flecainide, or sotalol was the most efficacious therapy for converting fetal tachycardia to sinus rhythm. METHOD:We performed a systematic revie...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hill GD,Kovach JR,Saudek DE,Singh AK,Wehrheim K,Frommelt MA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:The pregnancy outcome of 1936 women who had transcervical chorionic villus sampling (CVS) with a flexible biopsy forceps was evaluated. Follow-up until 4 weeks after delivery was 99.4 per cent. Various patient- and procedure-related risk factors for spontaneous loss (fetal or neonatal death) were analysed using stepwi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lunshof S,Boer K,Leschot NJ,Pomp M,Wolf H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report cytogenetic results from a randomized Danish chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis (AC) study including 2928 placental and 1075 amniotic fluid specimens processed in the same laboratory. The results are presented in groups comparing CVS with amniocentesis and transabdominal (TA) CVS with transcer...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Smidt-Jensen S,Lind AM,Permin M,Zachary JM,Lundsteen C,Philip J

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma susceptibility is an autosomal dominantly inherited cancer predisposition which also confers a life-long increased risk for various non-ocular malignancies. We developed a protocol for single cell detection of this disorder which enables its preimplantation genetic diagnosis as an alternative to prenata...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sütterlin M,Sleiman PA,Onadim Z,Delhanty J

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present outcomes of fetuses with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM) treated with sclerotherapy. METHODS:Retrospective study of 8 patients with a prenatal diagnosis of CPAM type II or III with secondary hydrops treated with percutaneous sclerotherapy using 5% ethanolamine oleate (EO). All pati...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chon AH,Korst LM,Abdel-Sattar M,Llanes A,Ouzounian JG,Chmait RH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the factors associated with utilization of genetic counseling services among pregnant Israeli Arab women. METHODS:A case-control study was conducted among 414 pregnant Arab women who were referred by a family physician or a perinatologist to genetic counseling services between 2008 and 2011. Data ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sharkia R,Tarabeia J,Zalan A,Atamany E,Athamna M,Allon-Shalev S

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the cost effectiveness of a universal prenatal screening program for alpha- and beta-thalassaemia. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed our program from 1998 to 2002, and calculated the direct and indirect costs of various components. RESULTS:18,936 women were screened at our prenatal clinic an...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Leung KY,Lee CP,Tang MH,Lau ET,Ng LK,Lee YP,Chan HY,Ma ES,Chan V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) was ultrasonographically appraised at intervals during her pregnancy. Unequivocal evidence for a diagnosis of BWS was obtained in the fetus and this was confirmed postnatally. Early ultrasound diagnosis enabled appropriate genetic counselling to be given; neon...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Viljoen DL,Jaquire Z,Woods DL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal genetic diagnosis provides information for pregnancy and perinatal decision-making and management. In several small series, prenatal whole exome sequencing (WES) approaches have identified genetic diagnoses when conventional tests (karyotype and microarray) were not diagnostic. Here, we review published prena...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Best S,Wou K,Vora N,Van der Veyver IB,Wapner R,Chitty LS

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Fetal triploidy is commonly found in early pregnancy. The majority of these pregnancies spontaneously abort in the first trimester. Occasionally, the pregnancy progresses to the second and third trimesters. We reviewed the maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP), amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), amniotic fluid...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Pircon RA,Towers CV,Porto M,Gocke SE,Garite TJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Screening of fetuses at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation for Down syndrome using stored volumes acquired by a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. METHOD:Thirty-four healthy singleton fetuses were recruited consecutively and prospectively during routine first trimester scans in our unit. Two-dimensional (2D) images o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shaw SW,Hsieh TT,Hsu JJ,Lee CL,Cheng PJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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