In Tunisia, a survey was conducted of 1190 women who delivered at the maternity ward of the Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital Center in Monastir during September 1988 to August 1989 to evaluate, ...
Prenatal diagnosis universalization allows knowing the prognostic possibilities in a situation of limited therapeutical resources. Therefore, besides permitting the peace of a normal fetal development...
Deletion of the distal end of the short arm of chromosome 1 (1p36) is thought to be a common terminal chromosomal deletion. However, few cases prospectively diagnosed prenatally have been reported. In...
During the past ten years diagnostic ultrasound has dramatically changed obstetric approaches. Improvements in instrumentation have made it possible to identify an increasing number of fetal anatomica...
The concept of advance directives is well-known in the care of adults as a mechanism for choosing in advance the extent of medical interventions desired in clinical situations, particularly life-exten...
Fetal MRI is used with increasing frequency as an adjunct to ultrasound (US) in prenatal diagnosis. In this review, we discuss the relative value of both prenatal US and MRI in evaluating fetal and ex...