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Defending biomedical authority and regulating the womb as social space. Prenatal testing in the Polish press [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Potential influence of parental copy number variations on noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT): two case reports

open access: yesMolecular Cytogenetics, 2020
Background Small subchromosomal deletions and duplications caused by copy number variants (CNVs) can now be detected with noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) technology.
Yiming Qi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sonographic measure techniques of fetal penile length [PDF]

open access: yesObstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2020
Postnatal penile length is a reliable, standardized, and widely used marker for the diagnosis of genitourinary pathology, as well as genetic and hormonal disorders.
Álvaro López Soto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Diabetes in Pregnancy Treated before and after the Introduction of a Standardized Multidisciplinary Management Protocol

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Research, 2021
Background. Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk to the woman and to the developing fetus. Currently, there is no consensus on the optimal management strategies for the follow-up and the timing of delivery of pregnancies affected by
Maddalena Morlando   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal RhD status using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma with TaqMan® real-time PCR assay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Prenatal diagnosis is now part of established obstetric practice in many countries. However, conventional methods of prenatal diagnosis of obtaining fetal tissues for genetic analysis, including amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, are invasive
Rekhviashvili, Tea
core   +1 more source

A case of placental trisomy 18 mosaicism causing a false negative NIPT result

open access: yesMolecular Cytogenetics, 2017
Background The non-invasive prenatal testing that evaluates circulating cell free DNA, and has been established as an additional pregnancy test for detecting the common fetal trisomies 21, 18 and 13 is rapidly revolutionizing prenatal screening as a ...
Jiexia Yang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

De novo balanced reciprocal translocation mosaic t(1;3)(q42;q25) detected by prenatal genetic diagnosis: a fetus conceived using preimplantation genetic testing due to a t(12;14)(q22;q13) balanced paternal reciprocal translocation

open access: yesMolecular Cytogenetics, 2021
Introduction De novo balanced reciprocal translocations mosaicism in fetus conceived using preimplantation genetic testing from a different balanced translocation carrier parent has been rarely reported. Methods Chromosomal microarray analysis, karyotype
Shaoqin Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing prenatal diagnosis of chimeras with the use of noninvasive prenatal screening: Report of two cases

open access: yes, 2021
Bulleted Statements: What's already known about this topic? The incidence of discordant fetal sex was estimated to be 1 in 1500-2000. Comprehensive evaluation is required to investigate the underlying cause. What does this study add?
Ma, TWL   +7 more
core   +1 more source

The significance of trisomy 7 mosaicism in noninvasive prenatal screening

open access: yesHuman Genomics, 2019
Background This study was an evaluation of the role of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in the detection of trisomy 7 in prenatal diagnosis. Method A total of 35 consecutive cases underwent screening for trisomies by cell-free DNA testing between ...
Yiming Qi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prenatal phenotype of Kabuki syndrome: A case series and literature review

open access: yes, 2021
Objectives: Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, facial dysmorphism and congenital anomalies. We aim to investigate the prenatal features of fetuses with KS and to provide a comprehensive review of the ...
Luk, HM   +12 more
core   +1 more source

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