title: Fetal medicine.
abstract: Fetal therapy continues to be an exciting yet controversial field. In utero treatment of a variety of fetal conditions is discussed: parvovirus B19 infection, fetal thyroid dysfunction, fetal ovarian cysts, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, and fetal hemolytic disease. Fetal surgery continues to be controversial. Despite considerable publicity, fetal surgery appears to be rarely, if ever, truly indicated. A new area of fetal therapy, ie, antenatal transplantation of fetal liver stem cells, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, Iowa City.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D015615:Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of Lung, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005330:Fetofetal Transfusion / Q000628:therapy; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D010500:Perinatology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011247:Pregnancy; D014427:Twins; D014463:Ultrasonography