Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

This new strategy has been carried out in 131 pregnant women at risk for a fetus with an X-linked genetic disease (Table 1), after they received genetic counseling and gave written informed consent.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a significant medical milestone, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at AIIMS Bhopal successfully performed its first Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) procedure on ...

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 ...

The Cytogenetics Laboratory performs chromosome analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) on cells prepared from a wide variety of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A research team has developed an innovative screening test. With a blood sample from the expectant mother, they can scrutinize all the genes in the fetus. The findings indicate that the new test, ...