Courtesy Getty Images In some rare cases, chorionic villus sampling can cause the mother to come into contact with the infant's blood, leading to alloimmunization. In pregnancies at risk of developing ...

What Is Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)? A chorionic villus sampling (CVS) prenatal test checks cells from the placenta (which are identical to cells from the fetus) to see if they have a chromosomal ...

Physician More information about Physician. A physician, or doctor, is extensively trained to diagnose and treat complex medical problems. Often, physicians focus their practice on certain disease ...

Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators have studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the ...

Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators have studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the ...

Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists and prenatal genetic counselors have extensive training and experience in prenatal genetic testing. Providers throughout the Mountain West regularly ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Prenatal diagnosis is the process of evaluating the presence of disease or potential disease in the fetus, this enables families to be better prepared before the birth of the ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Prenatal diagnosis is the process of evaluating the presence of disease or potential disease in the fetus, this enables families to be better prepared before the birth of the ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Republic of Korea Background: The risks of invasive prenatal tests are reported in ...

With the simplicity of a blood test, it will be possible in the future to screen pregnant women for serious genetic diseases in their unborn children. A research team from Odense University Hospital ...