abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was performed in order to provide a description of indications for induced elective terminations of pregnancy (ETOP), their characteristics (e.g. gestational age), and their evolution over time. DESIGN OF THE STUDY:This is an epidemiological study. The geographic area covered is the French county...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Guillem P,Fabre B,Cans C,Robert-Gnansia E,Jouk PS

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:Ethmocephaly is a rare anomaly associated with partial failure of cleavage of the prosencephalon. Morphologically, it is closely related to cyclopia. We present an extremely rare case of ethmocephaly diagnosed in utero and caused by an unbalanced de novo translocation 18;21. ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Goldstein I,Weissman A,Brill-Zamir R,Laevsky I,Drugan A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fetal cells have been known to escape to the maternal circulation for a number of years, research attempts to use them for prenatal diagnosis have not had any consistent success. This review attempts to trace the history of such attempts and to document their progress and reasons for success or failure. The o...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jackson L

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate if systemic hypertension occurs in fetuses with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). METHODS:We conducted an observational cohort study in a tertiary care centre in 23 pregnant women with TTTS. Polyhydramnios stuck twin sequence occurred at a median gestational age of 22 weeks (range 15-...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Mahieu-Caputo D,Salomon LJ,Le Bidois J,Fermont L,Brunhes A,Jouvet P,Dumez Y,Dommergues M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies currently relies on invasive procedures such as chorionic villous sampling and amniocentesis. These methods can provide an accurate diagnosis of the fetal karyotype but are relatively invasive. Here, we report a case of the prenatal detection of triple X using fetal cells obtained by...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Xi Zhao X,Suzumori K,Sato T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to combine the ultrasound marker nuchal translucency (NT) with serum markers so that they can be used together in prenatal screening for Down syndrome in twin pregnancies. For monochorionic twin pregnancies (taken as monozygous), the two fetus-specific NT measurements are averaged before risk is ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Wald NJ,Rish S,Hackshaw AK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of early vaginal bleeding on first-trimester markers for Down syndrome. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted on 2330 normal singleton fetuses who underwent first-trimester combined screening for Down syndrome based on ultrasound and maternal serum markers. Fetal nuchal translucen...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： De Biasio P,Canini S,Crovo A,Prefumo F,Venturini PL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify expressed sequence tag (EST) clusters preferentially expressed in placentas. METHODS:The National Center for Biotechnology's online UniGene database contains 14 placenta libraries. In silico (computer-based) subtraction compared placenta libraries against the remaining libraries to identify tran...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Miner D,Rajkovic A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of altering image size on the absolute nuchal translucency (NT) measurement. METHODS:NT was measured at three image magnifications (60%, 100% and 200%) in 120 singleton pregnancies. RESULTS:The mean +/- SD NT measurements were 1.52 +/- 0.57 mm, 1.35 +/- 0.53 mm and 1.18 +/- 0.48 mm at ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Edwards A,Mulvey S,Wallace EM

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:A QF-PCR test has been developed to diagnose sex chromosome imbalances in prenatal samples and has been applied to a diagnostic service. METHODS:The test uses a PCR multiplex with eight primer pairs: six X-chromosome polymorphic markers, including two markers from Xp (a region not included in previously pub...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Donaghue C,Roberts A,Mann K,Ogilvie CM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To display and compare the different published formulae that specify the association between maternal age and the risk of a Down syndrome live birth. METHODS:Papers published since 1987 on the prevalence of Down syndrome live births in relation to maternal age were located using MEDLINE and the references g...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Morris JK,Wald NJ,Mutton DE,Alberman E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of two independent translocations in one person is rare. Herein, we report the prenatal diagnosis of two sibling fetuses with holoprosencephaly, whose father is a carrier of double translocations. The karyotype of the father is 46,XY, t(1;7) (q32;q32), t(14,15) (q32.1;q26.3). The two fetuses had variable ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chuang L,Kuo PL,Yang HB,Chien CH,Chen PY,Chang CH,Chang FM

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency of cytotrophoblastic cells in endocervical samples collected by lavage at early stages of gestation using a specific anti-HLA-G McAb (G233). From a set of four selected samples, cells identified by immunostaining were collected by laser microdissection and then tested by quantitative f...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bulmer JN,Cioni R,Bussani C,Cirigliano V,Sole F,Costa C,Garcia P,Adinolfi M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toriello-Carey syndrome is a rare malformative complex, described for the first time in 1988, characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, facial anomalies, cardiac defects and hypotonia. Relatively few neonatal cases have been reported. We describe here the first prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of the syndrome bas...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Paladini D,Russo MG,Tartaglione A,Loffredo A,Martinelli P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if the ultrasound marker Nuchal Index (NIx) is gestational age independent, and to determine its specificity and sensitivity for Down syndrome (DS) identification. METHODS:Prospective cohort. A prospective database of fetal biometry and soft markers of aneuploidy was searched for fetuses with t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Lim KI,Pugash D,Dansereau J,Wilson RD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteric duplication cyst is a congenital abnormality that is believed to arise from abnormal recanalization of the bowel during embryogenesis. Previous reports suggest that the condition may be suspected prenatally by sonographic demonstration of an intra-abdominal cystic mass in the second and third trimesters. We pr...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Chen M,Lam YH,Lin CL,Chan KW,Hui PW,Tang MH,Lee CP,Khong PL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select genetically 'normal' human embryos and to transfer them to the uterus of a woman has generated considerable controversy. Debate has occurred over the implications of PGD, sex selection, safety of embryonic manipulation and eugenics. This study eval...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Katz MG,Fitzgerald L,Bankier A,Savulescu J,Cram DS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a fetal haemangioblastoma located in the cerebellopontine angle. On prenatal ultrasonographic examination a hyperechogenic and heterogeneous mass with a major vascularization on colour Doppler imaging was observed. It increased progressively and laminated the cerebellum. A neoplastic tumour was sus...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Diguet A,Laquerrière A,Eurin D,Chanavaz-Lacheray I,Magdeleine Ruchoux M,Rossi A,Marpeau L

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the attitudes of health professionals in Lebanon towards prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy, for a series of genetic, non-genetic and non-medical conditions. METHODS:A total of 158 questionnaires were sent to geneticists, family doctors, pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists, ...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Zahed L,Nabulsi M,Tamim H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

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：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：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz (RSH) syndrome (SLOS, OMIM 270400) is a relatively common, autosomal recessive disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis with a broad spectrum of phenotypic abnormalities caused by mutations of the 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene (DHCR7) on chromosome 11. Prenatal diagnosis can be established by detec...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Loeffler J,Utermann G,Witsch-Baumgartner M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two fetuses with non-homologous Robertsonian translocations were analyzed for uniparental disomy (UPD). One fetus with a de novo translocation t(13q;14q) had maternal isodisomy of chromosome 14. In a summary of the published data (including the present study), 315 cases were analyzed for UPD after prenatal diagn...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Silverstein S,Lerer I,Sagi M,Frumkin A,Ben-Neriah Z,Abeliovich D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the most common neurodegenerative genetic disorders. SMN1 is the SMA-determining gene deleted or mutated in the majority of SMA cases. There is no effective cure or treatment for this disease yet. Thus, the availability of prenatal testing is important. Here we r...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Savas S,Eraslan S,Kantarci S,Karaman B,Acarsoz D,Tükel T,Cogulu O,Ozkinay F,Basaran S,Aydinli K,Yuksel-Apak M,Kirdar B

更新日期：2002-08-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the knowledge of pregnant women about prenatal tests, and what tests they would choose if offered. Also, the preference of pregnant women for second-trimester or first-trimester screening was assessed. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Pregnant women receiving antenatal care in a decentralized primary care s...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： de Graaf IM,Tijmstra T,Bleker OP,van Lith JM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience of 14 preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) cycles in eight couples carrying five different single gene disorders, during the last 18 months. Diagnoses were performed for myotonic dystrophy (DM), cystic fibrosis (CF) [Delta F508 and exon 4 (621+1 G>T)], fragile X and CF simultaneously, and t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Harper JC,Wells D,Piyamongkol W,Abou-Sleiman P,Apessos A,Ioulianos A,Davis M,Doshi A,Serhal P,Ranieri M,Rodeck C,Delhanty JD

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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：:The use of prenatal ultrasound has proven efficacious for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities. The first sonographic sign of Down syndrome, the thickened nuchal fold, was first described in 1985. Since that time, multiple sonographically-identified markers have been described as associated with Down sy...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Shipp TD,Benacerraf BR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single umbilical artery is among the most common funicular vascular anomalies. In contrast, umbilical artery stenosis is rare, and has only been reported in three-vessel cords. We describe a case of single umbilical artery stenosis in a fetus with no associated malformations. Intrauterine fetal death occurred at 28 we...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Meir K,Yagel S,Amsalem H,Ariel I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if chromosome 22q11 deletion status can be predicted in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot as regards additional phenotypic anomalies. METHODS:One hundred and fifty-one consecutive fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot without or with pulmonary atresia were screened for 22q11 deletion. Additional echog...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Boudjemline Y,Fermont L,Le Bidois J,Villain E,Sidi D,Bonnet D

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of severe intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and hypospadias in association with trisomy 22 diagnosed following chorionic villus sampling (CVS). Subsequent analysis of amniotic fluid cultures showed a normal male karyotype, 46,XY. As a previous case had been reported with similar abnormalities, in...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Bryan J,Peters M,Pritchard G,Healey S,Payton D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the detection of fetal structural abnormalities by the 11-14 week scan. 2853 pregnant women were submitted to a routine ultrasound scan between the 11th and 14th week and the fetal skull, brain, spine, abdominal wall, limbs, stomach and bladder were examined. Following the scans t...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Carvalho MH,Brizot ML,Lopes LM,Chiba CH,Miyadahira S,Zugaib M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether systemic arteriovenous fistula occurring during the fetal period could induce pulmonary hypertension at birth, a fistula was surgically created between the carotid artery and jugular vein of fetal lambs at 120 days' gestation. Mean pressures in the left pulmonary artery, aorta, atrium a...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Jouannic JM,Martinovic J,Roussin R,Laborde F,Dumez Y,Dinh-Xuan AT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a woman with a partial hydatidiform molar pregnancy with 69,XXY karyotype, the presence of male fetal cells of trophoblastic origin was demonstrated in maternal blood by X/Y-chromosome specific PCR and by immunostaining combined with FISH on two cell populations isolated from maternal blood. Blood was obtained thre...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： van Wijk IJ,de Hoon AC,Griffioen S,Mulders MA,Tjoa ML,van Vugt JM,Oudejans CB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the prenatal diagnosis of ring chromosome 15 in a fetus with increased nuchal fold and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). A 27-year-old woman gravida 2, para 1 had normal maternal serum screen tests in the early second trimester of the index pregnancy. Fetal nuchal fold thickening up to 8 mm was inci...

journal_title：Prenatal diagnosis

authors： Liu YH,Chang SD,Chen FP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00