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Prenatal ultrasound screening for fetal anomalies and outcomes in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection : a retrospective study [PDF]
, 2013 Objective: To assess the prevalence of prenatal screening and of adverse outcome in high-risk pregnancies due to maternal HIV infection. Study design: The prevalence of prenatal screening in 330 pregnancies of HIV-positive women attending the ...
Buxmann, Horst +6 more
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ISBT Science Series, 2013 In most countries, pregnant women are early in pregnancy typed for ABO and RhD and screened for the presence of red cell antibodies. Maternal red cell alloantibodies of IgG class are actively transported by the placenta to the fetus and destruct the fetal red cells, if these carry the involved antigen leading to haemolytic disease of the fetus and ...
M. de Haas, E. van der Schoot
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Non-invasive prenatal test to screen common trisomies in twin pregnancies
Molecular Cytogenetics, 2020 Objectives Recent years have witnessed a shift from invasive methods of prenatal screening to non-invasive strategies. Accordingly, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma has gained a considerable deal of ...
Mahtab Motevasselian +10 more
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A comprehensive overview of SMN and NAIP copy numbers in Iranian SMA patients
Scientific Reports, 2023 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is among the most common autosomal recessive disorders with different incidence rates in different ethnic groups. In the current study, we have determined SMN1, SMN2 and NAIP copy numbers in an Iranian population using MLPA ...
Shahram Savad +13 more
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Down's Syndrome: cost, quality and value of life [PDF]
, 2001 Routine prenatal screening is based on the assumption that it is reasonable for prospective parents to choose to prevent a life with Down's syndrome. This paper questions whether Down's syndrome necessarily involves the costs, limitations and suffering ...
Alderson, Priscilla
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Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2022 Prenatal HIV screening is critical to eliminate mother-to-child (MTC) HIV transmission. Although Massachusetts (MA) has near-zero MTC transmission rates, recent trends in statewide prenatal HIV testing are unknown.
Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD, MPH +4 more
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Maternal cell-free DNA-based screening for fetal microdeletion and the importance of careful diagnostic follow-up. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundNoninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) by next-generation sequencing of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal plasma is used to screen for common aneuploidies such as trisomy 21 in high risk pregnancies.
Chu, Tianjiao +5 more
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Analysis of Down syndrome failed to be diagnosed after prenatal screening: A multicenter study. [PDF]
, 2017 To analyze the characters of Down syndrome (DS) who failed to be diagnosed after prenatal screening and hope to be able to improve the programs of prenatal screening and reduce the missed diagnosis of DS.
Ding, Jie +6 more
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Prenatal screening, ethics and Down's Syndrome: a Literature review [PDF]
, 2001 This article reviews the literature on prenatal screening for Down's syndrome. To be evidence based, medicine and nursing have to take account of research evidence and also of how this evidence is processed through the influence of prevailing social and ...
Alderson, Priscilla
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The aim of present study was to assess the karyotypes of amniotic fluid cells and find the frequency of chromosomal abnormalities and their significance in clinical setting.
Sarang Younesi +11 more
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