Human prenatal diagnosis
The multiauthor text is written as a ''guide to rationalize and clarify certain aspects of diagnosis, general counseling and intervention'' for ''health professionals who provide care to pregnant women.'' The text is not aimed at the ultrasonographer but rather at the physicians who are clinically responsible for patient management. Chapters of relevance to radiologists include an overview of prenatal screening and counseling, diagnosis of neural tube defects, ultrasonographic (US) scanning of fetal disorders in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy, US scanning in the third trimester, multiple gestation and selective termination, fetal echo and Doppler studies, and fetal therapy. Also included are overviews of virtually all currently utilized prenatal diagnostic techniques including amniocentesis, fetal blood sampling, fetoscopy, recombinant DNA detection of hemoglobinopathies, chorionic villus sampling, embryoscopy, legal issues, and diagnosis of Mendelian disorders by DNA analysis.
- OSTI ID:
- 6718917
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
DIAGNOSIS
FETUSES
PREGNANCY
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
GYNECOLOGY
IMAGES
SAMPLING
WOMEN
ANIMALS
FEMALES
MALFORMATIONS
MAMMALS
MAN
MEDICINE
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PRIMATES
VERTEBRATES
550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)