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A comprehensive reference on diagnosis and evaluation of reproductive risks and genetically related high-risk pregnancies. Authored by international group of experts, this book is organized according to diagnostic method, source of reproductive risk, and system under evaluation. Features the latest imaging technology, a review of genetics, molecular biology, and cytogenetics, and special chapters on counseling, cross-cultural, legal, and ethical issues.

Mark I. Evans, MD, Director, Institute for Genetics and Fetal Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York

Classic Genetic Principles

Epidemiology of Aneuploidy

New Genetic Concepts

Chromosomal Aberrations

Mendelian Genetics in Prenatal Diagnosis

Syndrome: An Approach to Fetal Dysmorphology

Genes and Development

Prenatal Genetic Counseling

Principles of Teratology

Drugs

The Effects of Maternal Drinking

Characterizing the Effect of Environmental and Occupational Exposures on Reproduction and Development

Bacterial Infections and Pregnancy

Viral Agents and Reproductive Risks

Exposure to Ionizing Radiation During Pregnancy

Chemotherapy in Pregnancy

Overview of the Comprehensive Ultrasound Examination: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Anomalies

Imaging the Fetal Brain

Heart and Vascular

Normal and Abnormal Findings of the Fetal Abdomen and Anterior Wall

Genito-Urinary Tract Abnormalities

Skeletal Dysplasia

Biochemical Screening

Nuchal Translucency in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

Second Trimester Sonographic Markers for Aneuploidy

Color Doppler in Congenital Defects

Dopper and Abnormalities

Multiple Gestation

3D Ultrasound in Prenatal Diagnosis

3D Ultrasound of the Fetal Brain

Computer and Ultrasound

Fetal Age Determination

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Placenta

Amniocentesis

Early Amniocentesis: Risk Assessment

Chorionic Villus Sampling

Cordocentesis

Tissue Biopsies

Fetal Skin Sampling and Prenatal Diagnosis of Genodermatoses

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Operative Fetoscopy

Cytogenetics and Molecular Cytogenetics

Biochemical Genetics

Molecular Genetics

Molecular ScreeningPrenatal Diagnosis using Fetal Cells from Maternal Blood

Psychological Reaction to Prenatal Diagnosis and Loss

Counseling for Abnormalities

Termination of Pregnancy

The Fetal Autopsy

Selective Reduction

Selective Termination

The Obstetrical Management of Fetal Anomalies

The Assessment and Management of Neonates with Congenital Anomalies

Fetal Shunt Procedures

The Evoluation of Feteal Surgery for Treatment of CDH

Fetal Surgery-Open-Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation

Fetal Pharmacologic Therapy for Mendelian Disorders

Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

Prenatal Cardiac Therapy

Somatic Fetal Genetic Therapy

Stem Cell Fetal Genetic Therapy

Psyhosocial Issues in Prenatal Diagnosis

Ethics and Prenatal Diagnosis: Cross-Cultural Considerations

An Ethical Framework for Fetal Therapy

Legal Issues in Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling

Politics and Genetic Reproductive Risks

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