Analysis of Amniocentesis Results in a Tertiary Care Center: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Forbes Tıp DergisiObjective: To investigate the results of patients who underwent amniocentesis. Methods: Information about patients who underwent amniocentesis between May 2021 and May 2022 at the perinatology department of training and research hospital was obtained ...
Raziye TORUN +7 more
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“[She] said : ‘take the test’ and I took the test”. Relational work as a framework to approach directiveness in prenatal screening of Chinese clients in Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper we apply the framework of relational work, or the work individuals invest in maintaining their relationships (Locher and Watts 2005), to the analysis of prenatal screening (PS) for Down Syndrome of Chinese clients in Hong Kong.
Schnurr, Stephanie, Zayts, Olga
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Implementation of non-invasive prenatal testing by semiconductor sequencing in a genetic laboratory [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives: To implement non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for fetal aneuploidies with semiconductor sequencing in an academic cytogenomic laboratory and to evaluate the first 15-month experience on clinical samples.
De Smet, Matthias +7 more
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Defending biomedical authority and regulating the womb as social space. Prenatal testing in the Polish press [PDF]
, 2010 The issue of abortion has been the topic of heated and frequent debate in post-Communist Poland. Parliamentary debate in 1998—9 centred around a legislative attempt to restrict prenatal testing, specifically amniocentesis, in order to further reduce the ...
Kramer, Anne-Marie Caroline
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The Indications of Amniocentesis for the Diagnosis of Aneuploidy among Pregnant Women [PDF]
Journal of Midwifery & Reproductive HealthAmniocentesis is one of the known and accessible methods for prenatal diagnosis, which is performed for various reasons during pregnancy. The present study was performed to determine the most common reasons for amniocentesis to detect aneuploidy.
Fatemeh Golshahi +4 more
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The Outcome of Amniocentesis at 14 Weeks of Gestation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2012 Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of amniocentesis at 14 weeks of gestation with amniocentesis at ≥15 weeks and chorionic villous sampling.
Latika Narang +3 more
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Probabilities and health risks: a qualitative approach [PDF]
, 2002 Health risks, defined in terms of the probability that an individual will suffer a particular type of adverse health event within a given time period, can be understood as referencing either natural entities or complex patterns of belief which ...
Heyman, Bob
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a critical factor in determining prognosis. We propose that intra-amniotic sildenafil administration is an effective prenatal therapy for CDH-induced pulmonary hypertension ...
Shiho Yoshida +2 more
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Does chorionic villus sampling increase the risk of preeclampsia or gestational hypertension?
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019 Background: Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis are two methods for prenatal diagnosis. The goal of this study was to compare amniocentesis and CVS-related complications in a large sample of Iranian women.
Mahboobeh Shirazi +5 more
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Adoption of a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) in prenatal screening in Moscow: first results
Russian Open Medical Journal, 2021 The objective — To assess the effectiveness of including NIPT in the structure of prenatal diagnostics in Moscow. Material and Methods — Totally 5,181 pregnancies undergoing screening for fetal trisomy using NIPT during the period from 01.04.2020 to 30 ...
Anton S. Olenev +7 more
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