PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS

Abstract

Another reproductive option that is now available is prenatal diagnosis. By utilizing increasingly sophisticated technology, many congenital malformations and genetic defects can now be diagnosed prior to twenty weeks of pregnancy. The authors present: 1. Couples at risk 2. Techniques used for prenatal diagnosis: X-rays; amniography; fetoscopy; echography; amniocentesis; chorionic willi sampling (CVS); 3. Conditions amenable to prenatal diagnosis (chromosome abnormalities, CNS closure defects, metabolic diseases, X-linked recessive diseases, hemoglobinopathies, miscelaneous); 4. Prerequisites for prenatal diagnosis; 5. Reaction of couple to prenatal diagnosis

Keywords

• prenatal diagnosis
• couplkes at risk
• techniques used for prenatal diagnosis
• conditions amenable to prenatal diagnosis
• prerequisites for prenatal diagnosis
• reaction of couples to prenatal diagnosis