title: [Severe diseases with prenatal diagnosis].
abstract: The aim of this article is to present the published information until this moment about the survival, long term effects and quality of life of the diseases named by the Bioethics Committee of the Spanish Society of Gynaecologist and Obstetricians (SEGO) as extremely severe and untreatable diseases, subsidiary of a Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy after the 22 weeks of gestational age, according to the Organic Law 2/2010 of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy. Health professionals must know the medical aspects, the therapeutics advances and the outcomes of these diseases, and it is a high standard of professional ethics to transmit this information to the progenitors.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Río Hortega, Valladolid.
authors.forename: Carmen María
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Samaniego Fernández
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cancho Candela
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Centeno Malfaz
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate