abstract：:Coelocentesis was performed in 20 singleton pregnancies at 6-10 weeks of gestation and 2-13 days before planned termination. The control group consisted of 100 women who were also undergoing planned termination and were matched with the study group for maternal age and gestation. During the follow-up period, there wer...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ross JA,Jurkovic D,Nicolaides K

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:A comparative study of women who underwent prenatal cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening by either the 'two-step method' or the 'couple method' was carried out 2-4 years after testing. Recall of the screening test and test result, understanding of the implications of the test result, and reproductive intentions and ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mennie ME,Axworthy D,Liston WA,Brock DJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：: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：:We describe the prenatal diagnosis and fetal phenotype of partial trisomy 12 (p13.3-pter) and partial trisomy 21 (pter-q21) due to a 3:1 segregation with tertiary aneuploidy transmitted from a maternal reciprocal translocation 12;21. Genetic amniocentesis of a 39-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at 19 weeks' gestation...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen CP,Lin CC,Chuang CY,Lee CC,Chen WL,Jan SW,Lin SP

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the association between aneuploidy and fetal choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) is presented. By reviewing the world prospective and retrospective studies, one cannot reach an agreed conclusion since different study designs were used and meta analysis is not feasible. Our experience is that as a solitary ultrasono...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Sharony R

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the prenatal fetal pyelectasis which requires postnatal evaluation. This was a retrospective analysis involving 65 infants with complete urological follow-up; 59 had shown prenatal evidence of pyelectasis using previously published standards. Males were more common in both the no...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wilson RD,Lynch S,Lessoway VA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressively since 1982 and as part of a nationwide programme for the diagnosis and prevention of genetic diseases, maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MS-AFP) screening and ultrasound fetal monitoring has been implemented in all pregnant women in Cuba. In Havana City, 328,983 pregnant women underwent MS-AFP screening ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Rodríguez L,Sánchez R,Hernández J,Carrillo L,Oliva J,Heredero L

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of a paternal balanced, but apparently non-reciprocal, insertion of chromosome 15 material into the short arm of chromosome 17 with difficulties in distinguishing between the normal and the deleted chromosome 15 in prenatal karyotype analysis. Microdissection and degenerate oligonucleotide...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Senger G,Chudoba I,Friedrich U,Tommerup N,Claussen U,Brøndum-Nielsen K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pallister-Killian syndrome (tetrasomy 12p) is a relatively rare aneuploidy syndrome characterized by the presence of mosaicism for an isochromosome 12p [i(12p)]. We report two new cases diagnosed following chorionic villus sampling and an abnormal ultrasound, respectively. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mowery-Rushton PA,Stadler MP,Kochmar SJ,McPherson E,Surti U,Hogge WA

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late chorionic villus sampling (placental biopsy) under ultrasound guidance was carried out in 800 (80 per cent) cases in the second trimester and 200 (20 per cent) cases in the third trimester of pregnancy. Out of 1000 placental biopsies, 250 (25 per cent) were performed because of suspicious ultrasonographic finding...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Podobnik M,Ciglar S,Singer Z,Podobnik-Sarkanji S,Duic Z,Skalak D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing number of reports relating chorionic villus sampling (CVS) to transverse limb reduction defects or the oromandibular limb hypogenesis complex. In addition, a correlation has been established between the severity of the defect and the gestational age when CVS is performed. Several hypotheses have...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： van der Zee DC,Bax KM,Vermeij-Keers C

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first report of prenatally diagnosed Dandy-Walker malformation with the karyotype of partial trisomy 11 and 22 due to familial translocation t(11;22)(q23;q11) inherited in three generations. We demonstrate that the Dandy-Walker malformation can be an associated congenital malformation of supernumerary d...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen CP,Liu FF,Jan SW,Yang YC,Lan CC

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:We report one case of de novo complex chromosomal rearrangement (CCR) t(2q;3p;4q;13q) with at least five chromosomal breakpoints. This CCR was detected prenatally at 22 weeks of gestation, when mild echographic indications were disclosed during a routine examination in a female with no family history of congenital abn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mercier S,Fellmann F,Cattin J,Bresson JL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse chromosome painting has become a powerful tool in clinical genetics for the characterization of cytogenetically unclassifiable aberrations. In this report, the application of a sensitive and rapid procedure for the complete and precise identification of four different de novo structural chromosome abnormalitie...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Müller-Navia J,Nebel A,Oehler D,Theile U,Zabel B,Schleiermacher E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a liveborn infant with severe intrauterine growth retardation and renal failure, delivered following detection of non-mosaic trisomy 2 by chorionic villus biopsy in the first trimester. Detailed analysis post-delivery indicated apparent complete trisomy 2 of the chorionic tissues, with a chromosomally normal...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Webb AL,Sturgiss S,Warwicker P,Robson SC,Goodship JA,Wolstenholme J

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：: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：:Thirty perinatal solid tissue samples were used in a pilot study to test the efficacy of collagenase disaggregation onto coverslips, open system culture under low O2 conditions, pre-harvest incubation in bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and colcemid, and in situ automated harvesting. Following the success of the pilot study, ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Fisher AM,Cockwell AE,Moore KJ,Gregson NM,Campbell PL,Campbell CM,Herbert A,Barber JC,Crolla JA

更新日期：1996-07-01 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 have evaluated the effect of maternal intravenous immunoglobulin G (ivIgG) treatment on platelet counts in fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Seven patients were studied. All of them were multiparous women who had been immunized against the HPA-1a antigen during previous pregnancies and had given birth to at least ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Giers G,Hoch J,Bauer H,Bald R,Kiefel V,Kroll H,Hansmann M,Hanfland P,Mueller-Eckhardt C,Scharf RE

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：: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：:We present a case of prenatal diagnosis of Fanconi anaemia (FA) in a pair of twins at 14 weeks of gestation. The parents had previously had two children: a healthy boy and a boy with FA belonging to complementation group C (FAC). The FA patient is a compound heterozygote, carrying a 322delG and a IVS4+4A-->T mutation ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Kwee ML,Lo Ten Foe JR,Arwert F,Pals G,Madan K,Nieuwint A,In't Veld PA,Van der Horst AR,Van Vugt JM,Ten Kate LP

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental materno-embryonic transfusions with serum that is immunologically active against blood group antigens cause congenital malformations in the rat embryo. In view of the possible increased incidence of vascular disruptive syndromes after chorionic villus sampling (CVS), we investigated the occurrence of mate...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Los FJ,Noomen P,Vermeij-Keers C,Gaillard JL,Brandenburg H,Jahoda MG,Luider TM

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:During the period 1987 through mid-1993, 118 490 chromosome analyses from amniocytes were performed at the Integrated Genetics Laboratories in Santa Fe, New Mexico (formerly Vivigen Laboratories). This report summarizes the data for all specimens submitted because of anomalies seen during ultrasound examination; this ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Hanna JS,Neu RL,Lockwood DH

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the prenatal ultrasound findings in a case of hydrolethalus. This case illustrates ongoing problems in differentiating hydrolethalus, both pre- and postnatally, from other midline malformation syndromes including Pallister-Hall, Smith-Lemli-Opitz, pseudo-trisomy 13, oral facial-digital syndrome, and Meckel ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Norgard M,Yankowitz J,Rhead W,Kanis AB,Hall BD

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the influence of in vitro fertilization (IVF) on maternal serum human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), the maternal serum hCG and AFP values were studied in 67 IVF pregnancies and compared with the results of a control group of 4732 spontaneously conceiving patients. Maternal serum ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Ribbert LS,Kornman LH,De Wolf BT,Simons AH,Jansen CA,Beekhuis JR,Mantingh A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An i(Yp) is a rare marker chromosome. We present a case of de novo 46,X,i(Yp) detected prenatally in an amniotic fluid specimen. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies using a panel of Y-specific biotinylated DNA probes identified the marker chromosome as i(Yp). Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studi...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wang BB,Yu LC,Peng W,Falk RE,Williams J 3rd

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus, treated by corticosteroids, who presented during two successive pregnancies with serological reactivation of toxoplasmosis associated with fetal lesions. The first infected fetus died in utero with signs of hydrops. The second fetus was treated in ut...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： D'Ercole C,Boubli L,Franck J,Casta M,Harle JR,Chagnon C,Cravello L,Leclaire M,Blanc B

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trisomy 12 observed in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) may reflect generalized mosaicism or indicate mosaicism confined to only the placenta. In this report, four cases of trisomy 12 observed in CVS or cultured placental biopsies with varying outcomes are presented. Seven dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms for chromoso...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bischoff FZ,Zenger-Hain J,Moses D,Van Dyke DL,Shaffer LG

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophoblast deportation is known to occur in normal human pregnancy, but it is not yet clear whether these cells routinely enter the maternal peripheral circulation and are available as a source of fetal DNA for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders. To resolve this issue requires an efficient method of...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Johansen M,Knight M,Maher EJ,Smith K,Sargent IL

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare hereditary disease with a high neonatal mortality. Currently, prenatal diagnosis is possible only during the second half of pregnancy, when bilaterally enlarged, echogenic kidneys are visible by ultrasound. We describe a case in which a diagnosis of ARPKD...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wisser J,Hebisch G,Froster U,Zerres K,Stallmach T,Leumann E,Schinzel A,Huch A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first molecular prenatal diagnosis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA lyase (HL) deficiency. The proband had a classic but severe presentation with hypoketotic hypoglycaemia and acidosis, secondary mental retardation, and epilepsy, and HL deficiency was documented in cultured fibroblasts. We found him to ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mitchell GA,Jakobs C,Gibson KM,Robert MF,Burlina A,Dionisi-Vici C,Dallaire L

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of apical diverticulum complicated by serous pericardial effusion and diagnosed ultrasonographically at 13 weeks of gestation is described. A therapeutic abortion was induced at 14 weeks and the complete post-mortem examination did not show additional malformation. Cardiac diverticulum is a rare malfor...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carles D,Maugey-Laulom B,Habboud H,Alberti EM,Weichhold W,Léger F

更新日期：1995-08-01 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