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Moving beyond good intentions: a qualitative study exploring healthcare professionals’ perspectives on delivering equitable prenatal testing in the English NHS [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Prenatal testing (prenatal screening and diagnostic testing) is a central component of prenatal care in the UK. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a key role in guiding parents through the testing pathway.
Michelle Peter, Clotilde Abe, Agnes Agyepong, Atinuke Awe, Rachael Buabeng, Morgan Daniel, Jane Fisher, Sasha Henriques, Kerry Leeson-Beevers, Lyn S. Chitty, Melissa Hill   +10 more
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Assessing the Ethical Considerations in the Era of Advanced Prenatal Testing and Genetic Counselling – Clinicians’ Perspective [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Prenatal testing has become an increasingly common practice in modern healthcare, offering parents valuable insights into the health and development of their unborn child.
Dolat Singh Shekhawat, Utkarsha Kulkarni, Charu Sharma, Pratibha Singh, Kuldeep Singh   +4 more
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Evaluation of YouTube Videos as a Source of Information on Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing [PDF]

Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine, 2021
Aim: Non-invasive prenatal testing is a method that determines the risk of a fetus being born with certain genetic abnormalities. In this study, we aimed to examine the quality of information on YouTube for non-invasive prenatal testing.
Cem Yener, Sinan Ates
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Non-invasive prenatal testing: a revolutionary journey in prenatal testing

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a pioneering technique that has consistently advanced the field of prenatal testing to detect genetic abnormalities and conditions with the aim of decreasing the incidence and prevalence of inherited conditions ...
Malak Abedalthagafi, Malak Abedalthagafi, Shahad Bawazeer, Romy I. Fawaz, A. Merrihew Heritage, Nouf M. Alajaji, Eissa Faqeih   +6 more
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Relevance of Invasive Testing in Era of Non-Invasive Testing for Prenatal Chromosomal Abnormalities

Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2022
Prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities has two components i.e. prenatal screening (maternal serum screening and cell-free fetal DNA screening) and prenatal diagnosis (chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, and cordocentesis).
Abhijeet Kumar, Madhusudan Dey, Devendra Arora   +2 more
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Comparison of Bioinformatics Approaches for Fetal Microdeletions and Monogenic Variations Estimation in Non-invasive Prenatal Testing

Global Medical Genetics, 2022
Prenatal testing provides crucial information about the health status of fetuses as well as recommending better treatment. For the past decades, prenatal testing using chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis were the two majorly used forms of ...
Lizzy Teleboshe Paul, Mahmut Cerkez Ergoren   +1 more
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Characteristics and Quality of Mobile Apps Containing Prenatal Genetic Testing Information: Systematic App Store Search and Assessment

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2021
BackgroundPrenatal genetic testing is an essential part of routine prenatal care. Yet, obstetricians often lack the time to provide comprehensive prenatal genetic testing education to their patients.
Ko-Lin Wu, Rebeca Alegria, Jazzlyn Gonzalez, Harrison Hu, Haocen Wang, Robin Page, Patricia Robbins-Furman, Ping Ma, Tung-Sung Tseng, Lei-Shih Chen   +9 more
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Trends in Non-invasive Prenatal Screening and Invasive Testing in Denmark (2000–2019) and Israel (2011–2019)

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Following the wide distribution of non-invasive prenatal genetic screening (NIPS), numerous studies have reported a decline in total invasive tests in the recent years, up to 50–70% in some countries.
Lena Sagi-Dain, Amihood Singer, Olav B. Petersen, Olav B. Petersen, Stina Lou, Ida Vogel, Ida Vogel   +6 more
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Epidermolysis Bullosa—A Kindler Syndrome Case Report and Short Literature Review

Clinics and Practice, 2023
Introduction: Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) represents a group of rare disorders, genetically determined, characterized by skin fragility, blister formation and erosions due to minimal trauma.
Bogdan Ioan Stefanescu, Diana Sabina Radaschin, Geta Mitrea, Lucretia Anghel, Adrian Beznea, Georgiana Bianca Constantin, Alin Laurentiu Tatu   +6 more
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Drug exposure during pregnancy: Current understanding and approaches to measure maternal-fetal drug exposure

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Prescription drug use is prevalent during pregnancy, yet there is limited knowledge about maternal-fetal safety and efficacy of this drug use because pregnant individuals have historically been excluded from clinical trials.
Rachel E. Hudson, Torri D. Metz, Robert M. Ward, Autumn M. McKnite, Elena Y. Enioutina, Catherine M. Sherwin, Kevin M. Watt, Kathleen M. Job   +7 more
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