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  2. Prenatal testing - Wikipedia

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    There are three purposes of prenatal diagnosis: (1) to enable timely medical or surgical treatment of a condition before or after birth, (2) to give the parents the chance to abort a fetus with the diagnosed condition, and (3) to give parents the chance to prepare psychologically, socially, financially, and medically for a baby with a health problem or disability, or for the likelihood of a ...

  3. Cell-free fetal DNA - Wikipedia

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    Cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) is fetal DNA that circulates freely in the maternal blood.Maternal blood is sampled by venipuncture.Analysis of cffDNA is a method of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis frequently ordered for pregnant women of advanced maternal age.

  4. Diana Bianchi - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, Bianchi became editor-in-chief of Prenatal Diagnosis, the journal of the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis. [3] In 2010, she founded the Mother Infant Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center, assuming the position of executive director. [4]

  5. Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling - Wikipedia

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    Umbilical cord blood gas analysis may assist with clinical management and excludes the diagnosis of birth asphyxia in approximately 80% of depressed newborns at term. [27] Severe fetal growth issues in conjunction with low oxygen in the fetus’ blood and high levels in the mother’s blood also indicate the use of PUBS. [28]

  6. Noninvasive prenatal testing - Wikipedia

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    Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a method used to determine the risk for the fetus being born with certain chromosomal abnormalities, such as trisomy 21, trisomy 18 and trisomy 13. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This testing analyzes small DNA fragments that circulate in the blood of a pregnant woman. [ 4 ]

  7. Amniocentesis - Wikipedia

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    Amniocentesis is a medical procedure used primarily in the prenatal diagnosis of genetic conditions. [1] It has other uses such as in the assessment of infection and fetal lung maturity. [ 2 ] Prenatal diagnostic testing, which includes amniocentesis, is necessary to conclusively diagnose the majority of genetic disorders, with amniocentesis ...

  8. Trisomy X - Wikipedia

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    Women with trisomy X who were diagnosed prenatally have better outcomes as a group than those diagnosed postnatally, and 46,XX/47,XXX mosaics better than those with full trisomy X. [3] Some of the improved outcome in prenatal diagnosis appears to be a function of higher socioeconomic status amongst parents. [5]

  9. Endocrinology of reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Pregnancy-associated hormones such as hCG and sex steroids regulate numerous biological processes in the maternal system prior to and during pregnancy. The embryo orchestrates biological changes that occur in both the embryo and the mother.