What's new in prenatal screening and diagnosis?
This article provides clinicians with an overview of current methods for prenatal genetic screening and diagnosis. Topics include developments in prenatal screening procedures such as ethnicity-based carrier testing, maternal serum screening, and ultrasonography. Diagnostic alternatives to amniocentesis include chorionic villus sampling and preimplantation diagnosis. Future endeavors such as three-dimensional ultrasonography and fetal cell sorting are discussed.
Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 1500, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. jennifer.bubb@uhhs.com
Jennifer A
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Bubb
Anne L
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Matthews
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