Researchers provide a comprehensive overview of prenatal screening for fetal aneuploidies, including traditional serum screening, ultrasound imaging, and cell-free DNA testing. A 37-year-old pregnant ...

We evaluated the feasibility of high-resolution noninvasive prenatal screening in 51 pregnancies that were representative of the pregnant population receiving care at the recruitment hospital (Tables ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 27, 2009 — Recommendations for clinical practice to screen for and diagnose fetal chromosomal abnormalities, which is considered an ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Natera, Inc. (NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing and precision medicine, today announced the launch of Fetal Focus, a noninvasive prenatal test ...

A new screening instrument has the potential to more accurately identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), reducing missed and erroneous diagnoses in affected children and facilitating treatment ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Normally, parents who want to know the sex of their baby before it's born find out through ultrasound done in the second trimester. A blood test that can be done early in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a pregnancy, women are offered prenatal genetic screening and diagnostic testing to determine whether a fetus is healthy or ...

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