Current concepts of fetal therapy.
The development of fetal diagnostic techniques has facilitated the analysis of pathological conditions in abnormal fetuses. This has led to systematic fetal therapy for such diseases as fetal hydronephrosis and fetal struma. In this report, general characteristics and problems of fetal therapy are discussed and several representative diseases that have been treated by surgical and pharmaceutical methods are outlined.
Kuwabara
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
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D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000188:drug therapy; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006042:Goiter / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy