The implementation of systematic pregnancy screening programmes, and the increased use and improving quality of medical imaging techniques, have lead to earlier detection and better understanding of the natural history…
1. a) T b) F c) T d) F e) F It is a common misconception that microbicides are only being developed for vaginal use in women. Microbicides are being…
1. The following statement(s) is/are true about reproductive decisions after fetal genetic counselling: a) Genetic counselling is characterised as offering two choices to prospective parents: to continue or terminate the…
Single-gene disorders can cause perinatal mortality or severe permanent morbidity. Intrauterine gene therapy seeks to correct the genetic defect in the early stages of pathogenesis through delivery of a vector…
The clinical burden imposed by the collective group of monogenic disorders demands novel therapies that are effective at achieving phenotypic cure early in the disease process before the development of…
Although most prenatally diagnosed correctable anatomic abnormalities are best addressed by surgical interventions after birth, the outcomes of a small number of severe structural malformations with predicted fetal demise or…
Delaying childbirth increases the proportion of advanced maternal age pregnancies. This increases the number of pregnancies requiring invasive prenatal testing. Prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal aneuploidies and monogenic disorders requires fetal…
For over a decade, researchers have focused their attention on the development of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis tests based on cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood. With the possibility of…
Invasive diagnostic procedures (e.g chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis) remain essential to the complete prenatal genetic diagnosis armamentarium. Both procedures are relatively safe in experienced hands, carrying procedure-related losses of…
Three-dimensional ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are powerful imaging techniques that are used increasingly in evaluating fetal anatomy. In this chapter, we review the main applications of these imaging modalities…
