Ultrasound as a technology of reassurance? How pregnant women and health care professionals articulate ultrasound reassurance and its limitations [PDF]
The premise that ultrasound technologies provide reassurance for pregnant women is well‐rehearsed. However, there has been little research about how this reassurance is articulated and understood by both expectant mothers and health care professionals ...
Griffiths, Frances +2 more
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Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) concentrations during the late first trimester are associated with fetal growth in a fetal sex-specific manner [PDF]
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a pregnancy-specific hormone that regulates placental development. hCG concentrations vary widely throughout gestation and differ based on fetal sex.
Barjaktarovic, M. (Mirjana) +6 more
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Background: Current pathways for testing fetuses at increased risk of a chromosomal anomaly because of an ultrasound anomaly involve karyotyping after rapid aneuploidy exclusion.
Stephen C Robson +9 more
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Risk assessment for fetal aneuploidy after nuchal translucency measurement [PDF]
Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/OpenIn this article the focus is on the estimation of a likelihood ratio by using software which calculates the risk for trisomy 13, 18 and 21. It is based on the
Kristín Rut Haraldsdóttir
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Major Congenital Anomalies in Babies Born With Down Syndrome: A EUROCAT Population-Based Registry Study [PDF]
Previous studies have shown that over 40% of babies with Down syndrome have a major cardiac anomaly and are more likely to have other major congenital anomalies.
Addor, Marie-Claude +29 more
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First- and Second-trimester Down Syndrome Screening: Current Strategies and Clinical Guidelines
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common human disease caused by a structural chromosome defect. The original screening test for DS was maternal age or a history of a previously affected infant.
Sheng-Wen Shaw +6 more
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This is a case report of a 31-year-old primigravida who was diagnosed with an asymptomatic acute parvovirus B19 infection in the second trimester of pregnancy and its suspected association with an increased nuchal translucency (NT) measurement ...
Olivia Grubman +3 more
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First‐trimester screening for Down syndrome in France combining fetal nuchal translucency measurement and biochemical markers [PDF]
Françoise Müller +5 more
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Increased Nuchal Translucency and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Tertiary Center Data
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes of patients who applied to our clinic between the 11th and 14th weeks of pregnancy and whose nuchal translucency (NT) measurement was ≥1.5 multiples of the median (MoM).
Hanım Güler Şahin +4 more
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P10.21: Karyotype and outcome of 43 fetuses diagnosed in the first trimester with cystic hygroma in relation with nuchal translucency measurement [PDF]
R. Kharrat +3 more
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