Prenatal diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases.
Advances in the prenatal diagnosis of inherited metabolic disease have provided new reproductive options to at-risk couples. These advances have occurred in both sampling techniques and methods of analysis. In this review we present an overview of the currently available prenatal diagnostic approaches for the diagnosis of metabolic disease in a fetus.
Diukman
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine 94143-0132.
Goldberg
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D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods