edited by John M.G. van Vugt
Prenatal Medicine offers contributions by esteemed professionals at respected institutions around the globe and covers legal issues concerning prenatal assessment and diagnosis.
Features:
- Spans obstetric, medical, genetic, and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effects on both the mother and fetus
- Discusses various diagnostic tests to detect chromosomal and structural abnormalities and genetic disorders that may affect the developing fetus
- Covers new advancements in translational research, the use of genetics, and the evaluation of new technologies in maternal-fetal health and the prevention of disease
- Evaluates new screening tests that may allow for earlier detection of fetal abnormalities and describes the latest procedures in fetal surgery
Contents
Prenatal Screening
- First Trimester Serum Screening
- Maternal Serum Screening for Down Syndrome
- Nuchal Translucency Screening
- Nasal Bone in Screening for Trisomy 21
- Screening for Neural Tube Defects: Ultrasound and Serum Markers
- Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome Using the Integrated Test
- Genetic Ultrasound Scan -Second Trimester
- Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood:Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications
- Fetal DNA and mRNA in Maternal Plasma
- Ethnic Population Screening
- Pathophysiology of Increased Nuchal Translucency
Prenatal Diagnosis
- Invasive Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques
- Prenatal Diagnosis of Multifetal Pregnancies
- Embryoscopy in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosome Abnormalities
- Prenatal DNA Testing
- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
- Fetal Anomaly Scan
- The Role of 3-Dimensional Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnosis
- Fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Prenatal Therapy
- Prevention of Labor
- Pharmacological Therapy
- Intrauterine Intravascular Treatment
- Gastroschisis
- Twin to Twin Transfusion
- Fetoscopic Instrumentation and Techniques
- Open Fetal Surgery
- Termination of Pregnancy
- Fetal Reduction. Gene Therapy
Ethics and Legislation
- Maternal/Fetal Conflict: A Legal and Ethical Conundrum
- Ethical Issues
Index
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